NICU Utilization of Remote Voice Technology to Improve Maternal Experience (NURTURE) Study
This study, called NURTURE, is testing a mobile phone app called VoiceLove. It aims to see if VoiceLove can help mothers whose babies are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) by improving communication and reducing symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD). PPD is a type of depression that can happen after childbirth. The study will compare mothers who use the VoiceLove app to those receiving usual care. Researchers will measure how much mothers use the app and their PPD symptoms after two weeks. To join, you must be a mother at least 18 years old, speak English, and have a single baby admitted to the NICU who is expected to stay for at least two weeks and survive. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.
- Study design
- This is a randomized controlled trial, meaning participants will be randomly assigned to either use the VoiceLove app or receive usual care. The study plans to enroll 150 participants.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your engagement with the VoiceLove app and your postpartum depression symptoms will be measured at two weeks after you are assigned to a group.
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NICU Utilization of Remote Voice Technology to Improve mateRnal Experience (NURTURE)
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Sarah Osmundson · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Patient Engagement with the VoiceLove App2-weeks post randomization.
To assess the feasibility of using the VoiceLove app, we will measure how much patients in the intervention group engage with the app using metrics such as average app use per day at 2-weeks post randomization.
- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Score (EPDS) at 2-weeks post randomization.2-weeks post randomization.
The EPDS is a 10-question assessment of postpartum depression measured continuously on a scale of 1 to 30, whereas a higher score is a higher indication of postpartum depression.