Pilot of the Bilateral Infant Stimulation Study (BLISS): A Parent Provided Positive-Touch Intervention Targeting Stress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unity (NICU)
Oregon Health and Science University
Summary
This study will investigate stress that parents of children admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experience. Investigation of a novel intervention of using bilateral alternating stimulation to reduce parental stress and anxiety and increase bonding/attachment in NICU. Evaluate parental stress and feelings of bonding using surveys before and after the intervention. Intervention will be done at neonate's bedside while admitted to the NICU. Vital sign data will be collected as a marker of parent and neonate's stress response during the intervention.
Description
Objectives: 1. Examine the effect of a bilateral alternating stimulation (BAS) NICU intervention on parental anxiety and psychological distress in the NICU using biological and self-report measurements. 2. Examine the effect of a bilateral alternating stimulation NICU intervention on infants' physiological stress response after parental engagement in the BAS intervention with the infant. This is a pilot study of bilateral alternating stimulation (BAS) examining the effectiveness as a therapeutic intervention for parental and infant stress in the NICU. It is a single arm design. Participants…
Eligibility
- Age range
- Not specified
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * admitted to the NICU at the time of study * greater than 34 weeks gestational age and less than 43 weeks gestational age * within 4 weeks of admission to NICU at time of initial contact * have parent or legal guardian willing and able to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * those who are less than 3 days postop from surgical procedures * current use of psychotropic medications or medications that affect the central nervous system (CNS) * CNS anomaly.
Interventions
- BehavioralBilateral alternating stimulation
positive touch intervention provided by parent to infant using alternating stimulation
Location
- Oregon Health and Science University Neonatal Intensive Care UnitPortland, Oregon