Application of the Best Evidence of Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program (NIDCAP) in Very Low Birth Weight Infant (VLBWI)

Children's Hospital of Fudan University14 enrolled

Overview

In order to help THE GROWTH and development of VLBWI in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and reduce the interference of external environment to them, we summarized the best evidence of NIDCAP care, and applied the evidence to the intervention group, and observed the compliance of nurses in the intervention group to the application of evidence, and the short-term outcomes of VLBWI.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

NIDCAP

Interventions

NIDCAP careBEHAVIORAL

NIDCAP care was performed according to the best evidence of NIDCAP

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 1 Day

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Birth weight \<1500g; * admit within 24 hours of birth; * The guardian signs the informed consent; * OI (oxygenation index \>300) Exclusion Criteria: * Newborn with severe congenital malformations or various chromosomal diseases, genetic metabolic diseases, severe neurological diseases; * Newborn who did not achieved discharge or death at the end of the study period

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mean length of stay of VLBWI

The average length of stay of VLBWI in the intervention group minus the average length of stay of VLBWI in the control group

Time frame: From the day the VLBWI admitted to the day VLBWI discharged, about two months.

Secondary Outcomes

Nurse compliance with NIDCAP evidence content

Members of the study core team will regularly check the NICU nurse's performance by using the checklist. The number of times the NICU nurse performed specified operations divided by the total number of inspections. The checklist includes: Whether bed units and equipments are placed in accordance with the requirements? Whether sound is controlled in the NICU? Whether the skin of VLBWI is taking good care of, etc. Points are awarded if the requirements are met. Higher scores indicate better nurse compliance.

Time frame: From the beginning of the NIDCAP intervention to the end of the NIDCAP intervention, about three months.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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