The Development of PATH, a Program to Support NICU Parent Mental Health Through the Transition From Hospital to Home
Purpose
The objective of this study is to develop and pilot test a telehealth-based mental health screening and engagement program that supports parents as they transition from the NICU to home. The program will use a stepped-care approach to screen parents for depression, anxiety, and PTSD; provide a brief behavioral intervention to those who screen as having at least a low risk of these conditions; and provide a warm hand-off to community mental health services for those at medium to high risk.
Conditions
- Perinatal Depression
- Perinatal Anxiety
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- All ages
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- NICU parents: Participants will be parents of currently hospitalized preterm infants
from either the OHSU NICU or the UCH NICU. We will include parents of live preterm
infants born less than or equal to 32 weeks gestational age. Infants must be
admitted in the NICU for at least 2 weeks. Parents must speak English or Spanish.
Parents can be of any age.
- NICU stakeholders: Participants will be stakeholders from either the OHSU NICU or
the UCH NICU. Stakeholders will be social workers, mental health providers
responsible for providing more intensive mental health support for NICU parents,
nurses, and neonatologists.
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
|---|---|---|
|
Experimental Intervention |
anticipatory guidance, brief behavioral intervention, or referral to community mental health provider |
|
|
No Intervention Control |
usual care |
|
Recruiting Locations
More Details
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
