Improving Parental Knowledge: Supplementation of Prematurity Counseling With Written Information

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Conditions studied: Premature Birth

In brief

Pregnant women who receive study counseling which includes gestational age specific written information in addition to the verbal counseling will have better knowledge of problems and outcomes of prematurity than women who receive standard counseling which consists of only verbal counseling.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01418950

Run by

Medical College of Wisconsin

People needed

60

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-12-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English speaking pregnant women who are between 23-34 weeks of gestation
• Who are 18 years and older
• Open to all ethnic groups.
• Admitted in preterm labor to Froedtert and Waukesha Hospitals labor and delivery unit.

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant women who are known to have infants with congenital anomalies or other associated conditions apart from prematurity that could be a significant factor to the outcome of the baby.
• Pregnant women who have been included in this study and discharged at some point and again admitted for preterm labor will be excluded from the study.
• If a participant delivers before completing the Parent Knowledge Questionnaire, she will be excluded.

Where it is running

• Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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