NCT03646578

Maternal Anxiety Related to How the Pediatrician Provided Prenatal Information About Preterm Birth

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 65 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Women hospitalized for preterm labor require clear information about prematurity. This study assessed whether or not specific written information about prematurity delivered at admission to the unit combined with an oral explanation from a pediatrician would decrease women's anxiety compared to an oral explanation alone. This was a prospective, single-center observational study.Women were included in the high-risk pregnancies department and distributed into two groups: receiving ''only oral'' information for a prenatal clinical consultation with a senior pediatrician or receiving ''combined'' oral information + a booklet about prematurity given to the women at admission. The primary endpoint was the change in anxiety-state (before and after the information procedure) evaluated by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Y (STAI-Y).

Detailed description

Women hospitalized for preterm labor require clear information about prematurity. This study assessed whether or not specific written information about prematurity delivered at admission to the unit combined with an oral explanation from a pediatrician would decrease women's anxiety compared to an oral explanation alone. Material and methods.This was a prospective, single-center observational study.Women were included in the high-risk pregnancies department and distributed into two groups: receiving ''only oral'' information for a prenatal clinical consultation with a senior pediatrician or receiving ''combined'' oral information \+ a booklet about prematurity given to the women at admission.

Conditions

• Preterm Birth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	State of anxiety	Patient anxiety assessment by STAI-Y-A self-assessment questionnaire provided before and after pediatric interview. The assessment is given to patients upon arrival in the hospitalization service of pregnancies and again after the pediatric interview. This pediatric interview should take place between 1 and 7 days after admission to the hospital ward.The second part includes a 6-week inclusion period with assessment of patients' state of anxiety by a STAI-Y-A self-assessment questionnaire given before and after pediatric interview associated with the delivery of a written document. on prematurity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-11-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2017-08-01
• First posted: 2018-08-24
• Last updated: 2018-08-24