Study Status: RECRUITING
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: The Change Mechanisms of the Close Collaboration With Parents Intervention and the Adaptability of the Intervention in the Estonian Context
Brief Summary: The overall aim of the study is to implement an evidence-based intervention called 'Close Collaboration with Parents' in Estonian neonatal units.
The goal of the intervention is to educate the whole multi-professional NICU staff and promote a positive change in the family-centered care culture of the units.
Thus, the first aim of the study is to implement the intervention in an Estonian NICU context, in three hospitals, and study the fidelity of the intervention.
More precisely, the study questions are whether adaptations are needed for the successful implementation of the intervention in the Estonian context and how feasible are the used implementation strategies.
Secondly, the aim is to study the effectiveness of the Close Collaboration with Parents intervention in this context by using a quasi-experimental, pre-test - post-test, study design.
The questions are whether the implementation of the intervention in the Estonian setting will result in positive effects such as 1) an improved development environment for the infants during hospital stay (less noise, more parental speech, and more parent-infant physical closeness), 2) intensified parental bonding to the infant, and 3) increased parental confidence and emotional well-being at the time of discharge from hospital.