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Effective Caregiving for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Testing an Instructional Mobile Technology Platform for High-Risk Pregnant Women
Sponsor: Washington State University
Summary
Most newborns experiencing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) require non-pharmacologic care, which entails, most importantly, maternal involvement with her newborn. To facilitate positive maternal-newborn interactions, mothers need to learn effective caregiving NAS strategies while they are pregnant, yet, an enormous gap exists in the early education of mothers on the symptoms and progression of NAS, in part because no interventions exist to prepare future mothers for the challenges of caring for their newborns at risk for NAS. In this project, the investigators propose to adapt an existing mobile NAS tool for high-risk pregnant women and assess its usability, acceptability, and feasibility in a small randomized controlled analog trial.
Official title: Effective Caregiving for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Development of an Instructional Mobile Technology Platform for High-Risk Pregnant Women
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2024-07-15
Completion Date
2026-09-30
Last Updated
2026-02-05
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Mobile-based NAS Caregiving Tool
The information and skills training in the adapted NAS caregiving tool will be largely based on elements of Eat Sleep Console. Therefore, the NAS mobile tool intervention will incorporate non-intrusive caregiving skills and strategies that encompass providing a low stimulating environment (e.g., dimmed light and low noise), swaddling, continuous comfort and contact with caregiver, skin-to-skin contact, frequent breastfeeding/feeding, as well as novel components identified in the key informant interviews (e.g., preparing for stigma during delivery, CPS involvement, etc.).
Locations (1)
Washington State University
Spokane, Washington, United States