Clinical trial NCT05988996: Peer Support Groups for Families With an Infant in the NICU
Official title: Peer Support for Black and Latino Families With an Infant in the NICU
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Conditions: Anxiety
Stress
Keywords: Parental stress
Parental anxiety
NICU
Peer support
Lead sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Legacy Health System
name: Providence Health & Services
First posted: 2023-08-14
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Study participants will be selected from the population of people who are attending the peer support group sessions.

Brief summary: The goal of this observational study is to learn the impact of race, ethnicity, and language matched peer support groups on parental stress, anxiety, and sense of belonging for families who have or have had an infant hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The main questions aim to answer: Do race, ethnicity, and language matched peer support groups decrease parental stress and anxiety and improve sense of belonging of parents while their baby is hospitalized in the NICU? And, are there any changes that should be made to the format of the peer support group sessions?

Participants will be invited to attend a peer support group that is matched for race, ethnicity, and language. Participants will have the option of filling out a survey on stress, anxiety, and sense of belonging before and after the peer group session. Additionally, participants will have the option of filling out a satisfaction survey after the peer group session.

Detailed description: The study will be observational research wherein participants who want to attend a peer support group, will have the option of filling out surveys before and after peer support group attendance. Surveys are voluntary and the only way of assessing the behavioral outcome (impact on parental stress, anxiety, and sense of belonging); families can attend the peer support groups even if the family member does not want to participate in the survey.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Parental or guardian self-identified as Black, African American, African, Latino, Hispanic, Chicano
* Parent or guardian of infant that was or is admitted to Oregon Health \& Science University, Randall Children's Hospital, or Providence Health NICU in Portland, OR

Exclusion Criteria:

* Parent or guardian age less than 18 years old
* Preferred language other than English or Spanish (including if preferred communication is sign language)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Parental stress
timeFrame: 1 week prior to 2 days after peer group session
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Parental sense of belonging
timeFrame: 2 days after peer group session
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Oregon Health & Science University
state: Oregon
Study officials:
affiliation: Oregon Health and Science University
name: Devlynne S Ondusko, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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