Attachment Bonding and Neonatal Hospitalization: the Impact of Hospitalization in a Kangaroo Unit

NCT06243861 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2023-08Obs-CHRMT
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 96
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Kangaroo Unit (UK) takes care of newborns requiring special care or monitoring for a pathology whose clinical situation is stable and whose prognosis is favorable. In order to avoid separating mother and child, these units were created with a care pathway somewhere between that requiring hospitalization in a neonatal unit and that of pathology-free newborns in post-natal care. Theoretically, the mother-child bond created in the UK is as good as that created in conventional post-natal care. However, studies show that there are limits to the quality of the bond in the UK. This study aims to assess whether the mother-child bond is degraded in the UK, in comparison with that of mothers in post-natal care.

Conditions

Postnatal Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mother-infant bonding

  Mother-infant bonding score from Taylor's Mother to Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS)

  Up to 3 days after delivery

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Assessment of mothers' state and trait anxiety levels

  Up to 3 days after delivery

• Assessment of perceived parenting competence

  Up to 3 days after delivery

• Assessment of patients' quality of life

  Up to 3 days after delivery

Study Arms (2)

kangaroo unit

Behavioral: Mother-child bond

postnatal care

Behavioral: Mother-child bond

Interventions

Mother-child bond BEHAVIORAL

assessing whether the mother-child bond is degraded in the UK, in comparison with that of mothers in post-natal care

kangaroo unit; postnatal care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: study conducted in mothers
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

patient hospitalized in a Kangaroo Unit or in a post-natal unit

You may qualify if:

• Patient over 18 years of age, hospitalized in a Kangaroo Unit or in a post-natal unit,
• Affiliated to a social security scheme,
• fluent in French
• no objection of participation

You may not qualify if:

• Patient who :
• given birth to a child who was stillborn or died at birth
• difficulty understanding written French
• psychological incapacity (psychiatric disorder, too great a vulnerability) or physical incapacity (physical/motor disability) to answer questionnaires,
• Patient under court protection, guardianship or curatorship.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHR Metz-Thionville/Hopital Mercy

Metz, 57085, France

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Marie-Laure BOYE

  CHR Metz Thionville

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Arpiné EL NAR, PhD

CONTACT

0033387557766; arpine.el-nar@chr-metz-thionville.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 29, 2024
• First Posted: February 6, 2024
• Study Start: April 10, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 10, 2025
• Study Completion: April 10, 2025
• Last Updated: May 17, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)