The overall goal of this project is to elucidate the epidemiology of anxiety and depression in parents of hospitalized neonates and test a comprehensive intervention program to prevent anxiety and depression in parents in this setting.
Parents of hospitalized neonates experience high stress levels and feelings of helplessness in the neonatal ward and often concern for the health and well being of their fragile infant. Parental stress associated with admission to the neonatal ward of infants has been extensively studied in developed countries for many years, but rarely have epidemiological and intervention studies been reported in Chinese parents of hospitalized neonates. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the epidemiology of anxiety and depression in parents of hospitalized neonates and test a comprehensive intervention program to prevent anxiety and depression in parents in a Chinese hospital.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
600
Parents of hospitalized neonates received comprehensive intervention program,including parent educational-behavioral intervention program, effective doctor/nurse parent communication,regularly visit the neonatal ward and care the hospitalized neonates under the guidance of a doctor.
Nanjing Maternal and Child Care Hospital
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Parental anxiety symptoms
Parents of Hospitalized Neonates were asked to complete the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) at 3 weeks after enrolment.
Time frame: 3 weeks
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