Impact of Implementing Reach Out and Read in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Part of paid clinical trials in Portland, Oregon.

Sponsor
Catherine Caruso
Study ID
NCT07511075
Status
Completed

Conditions

  • NICU Infants
  • Neonates or Premature Babies
  • Parent
  • Reading

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
N/A - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Shared reading program — OTHER
    Reach Out and Read in the NICU (ROR NICU) was implemented. All infants admitted to the NICU receive a book paired with education/anticipatory guidance on shared reading every two weeks during their NICU admission.

Study Details

This is a pre/post quasi-interventional study with two arms. First, a baseline cohort of parent-infant dyads admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) were enrolled and surveyed at three timepoints (admission, discharge, and one-month post-discharge) to characterize baseline habits, attitudes, and barriers toward shared reading in the NICU in the absence of a shared reading program. Reach Out and Read (ROR) in the NICU, a shared reading program modified from the national ROR outpatient program to the NICU setting was then implemented. Following program implementation, a subsequent cohort of parent-infant dyads admitted to the NICU were enrolled (the "ROR" cohort) and surveyed at the same three timepoints. Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of ROR NICU to promote shared reading in the NICU were evaluated.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 18, 2021
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Jun 5, 2023
Completion
Jun 5, 2023

Study Design

Enrollment
101 participants (actual)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • No Intervention: Baseline, Pre-ROR (before Reach Out and Read) Cohort
    Baseline cohort of parent-infant dyads not exposed to the shared reading program Reach Out and Read in the NICU
  • Experimental: ROR (Reach Out and Read) Cohort
    Parent-infant dyads in this group received children's books paired with anticipatory guidance on shared reading every two weeks during the infant's NICU stay.

Primary Outcome Measure

Rate of regular reading [ Time Frame: Time point 1: baseline. Time point 2: average 6 weeks after baseline. Time point 3: 4 weeks after time point 2 ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Oregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregon97239-

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