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PATH Program for NICU Parent Mental Health

This study is developing and testing a program called PATH to support parents whose babies are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as they prepare to go home. The PATH program uses telehealth (care provided remotely, like over video calls) to screen parents for depression, anxiety, and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). If you're a parent of a preterm infant who has been in the OHSU or UCH NICU for at least two weeks and speak English or Spanish, you might be able to join. The study will measure how confident parents feel about managing their mental health at different times around their baby's discharge. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 72 parents.

Study design
This interventional study aims to enroll 72 participants. It involves a stepped-care approach to mental health support.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your mental health self-efficacy will be measured around two weeks before discharge, two weeks after discharge, and six weeks after discharge.

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NCT06467916

The Development of PATH, a Program to Support NICU Parent Mental Health Through the Transition From Hospital to Home

Recruiting
NAAll AgesInterventionalHealth services
University of Colorado, Denver
~72 participants
Updated 2025-04-24 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Behavioral Treatment

At a glance

Recruiting sites
2 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Mental health self-efficacy scale
Measured over ~2 weeks prior to discharge; 2 weeks post-discharge; 6 weeks post-discharge

Conditions

Perinatal Mental Health

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Where it's being run

2 sites across 2 states
Colorado1
Oregon1

Who to contact

Susanne Klawetter, PhD
[email protected]
303-724-1646
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

NICU parents: Participants will be parents of currently hospitalized preterm infants from either the OHSU NICU or the UCH NICU. We will include parents of live preterm infants who have been admitted in the NICU for at least 2 weeks. Parents must speak English or Spanish. Parents can be of any age.
NICU stakeholders: Participants will be stakeholders from either the OHSU NICU or the UCH NICU. Stakeholders will be social workers, mental health providers responsible for providing more intensive mental health support for NICU parents, nurses, neonatologists, and hospital administrators.

What this trial measures

  • Mental health self-efficacy scale~2 weeks prior to discharge; 2 weeks post-discharge; 6 weeks post-discharge

    Mental health self-efficacy