NCT05762835

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Virtual Family-Centered Rounds

Virtual Family-Centered Rounds in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 514 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of virtual family-centered rounds in the neonatal intensive care unit on parental and neonatal outcomes.

Conditions

• Pediatric Disorder
• Neonatal Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual family-centered rounds (FCR)	Parents will be given the option to join FCR virtually or in-person; this intervention is changing the behavior of how providers deliver healthcare and how parents engage in their child's care. The NICU team members will use a computer with a speaker and pan-tilt-zoom camera, mounted on a stand with wheels to launch telehealth connections using the secure application called ExtendedCare. From within this telehealth connection, a NICU team member will send an electronic message (e.g. via text or email) to the subscribed parent(s) and wait for the parent to join the visit to establish a secure videoconference. The message to the parent includes a link that can be clicked to open a browser that allows the parent to join the telehealth visit. FCR will then proceed in usual fashion with the NICU team members and - if in attendance - parent(s).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-13
• Primary completion: 2024-04-12
• Completion: 2024-07-13
• First posted: 2023-03-10
• Last updated: 2025-08-17
• Results posted: 2025-08-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States