Reach Out and Read (ROR) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Study

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anxiety, Parent-Child Relations, Literacy

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of the Reach Out and Read program on infants and their families in the neonatal ICU. The main goals of this study are: * To complete a needs assessment for literacy interventions in the NICU population through evaluating baseline home literacy scores. * To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on parental stress levels as assessed by the 6-question State-Trait Anxiety Index (STAI-6) * To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on parent-infant bonding by comparing scores on the 25-item Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ) * To evaluate the effects of the ROR intervention on the home literacy environment by comparing home literacy scores Participants will complete three questionnaires that include demographic information, home literacy scores, the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire and the State-Trait Anxiety Index; once at study enrollment, once at 36 weeks corrected gestational age, and once at 3 months corrected gestational age. Researchers will compare the control group (standard care) and a group that receives Reach Out and Read education to see whether exposure to Reach Out and Read affects literacy behaviors, parental anxiety, and parent-infant bonding.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06002360
Run by: University of Washington
People needed: 60
Starts: 2022-11-01
Expected to finish: 2024-06-01
Last updated by the study team: 2023-08-21

Who can join

Age: any, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Families of subjects born between 24w0d and 33w6d gestation
Primary language is English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

Severe clinical instability such that the principal investigators do not think the infant will survive to 36 weeks gestation

Where it is running

University of Washington Medical Center NICU — Seattle, Washington, United States (enrolling)

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