This is a pilot randomized control trial to demonstrate the feasibility of a novel model of dyad-centered, doula-coordinated, midwife-delivered postpartum care located in the NICU in a large urban hospital.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
37
A doula will coordinate all postpartum care and provide support to the participant. A midwife will be available on-site in the NICU to provide postpartum care.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Time to receipt of postpartum care
To be analyzed using a wilcoxin rank sum test
Time frame: birth until 6 weeks post-partum
Comparison of effectiveness of intervention for mothers with public vs private insurance
Time to receipt of postpartum care will be compared between mothers with public vs private insurance
Time frame: birth until 6 weeks post-partum
Comparison of effectiveness of intervention for mothers with infants less than 29 weeks gestational age vs those 29 weeks or older.
Time to receipt of postpartum care will be compared between mothers with infants with a gestational age of less than or equal to 28 6/7 weeks vs a gestational age greater than or equal to 29 weeks
Time frame: birth until 6 weeks post-partum
Receipt of Postpartum care
Binary (yes/no), fishers exact test
Time frame: birth until 6 weeks post-partum
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