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 their infants transition home from the NICU. 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.
Condition
- Perinatal Mental Health
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- All ages
- Eligible Sex
- 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 who have been 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, neonatologists, and hospital administrators.
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
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
