Evaluating Decisional Regret Among Mothers

Completed

Conditions studied: Extreme Prematurity, Birth, Preterm, Pregnancy Preterm

In brief

The anticipated birth of an extremely low gestational age infant presents many complex and ethically challenging questions, including whether to initiate resuscitation or comfort care after delivery. Failure to identify and align decision-making to parents' values during periviabilty counseling may result in greater opportunity for decisional regret. The goal of the proposed research is to assess decisional regret in mothers of extremely premature births and to compare decisional regret in mothers who chose resuscitation at time of delivery to those who chose comfort care. Approximately 1000 mothers of infants born extremely premature at 2 perinatal centers in the US will be surveyed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04074525

Run by

Christiana Care Health Services

People needed

211

Starts

2020-03-24

Expected to finish

2021-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Mothers of infants born between 22 and 25 completed weeks gestation during the study timeframe.
• Mothers who had a documented perinatal consult
• Greater than 18 years old

You may not qualify if…

• Potential life limiting fetal diagnoses aside from prematurity and non-English primary language

Where it is running

• Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. — Newark, Delaware, United States

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