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Impact of Picture Book Reading on Preterm Infant Stability, Parental Anxiety, and Parent-Child Attachment
Led by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · Updated on 2025-09-30
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
52 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Lead Sponsor
T
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study investigates the effects of a parent-child picture book reading intervention on the cardiopulmonary stability of preterm infants, parental anxiety, and parent-child attachment. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and neonatal intermediate care unit in northern Taiwan. A total of 88 preterm infants and their parents will be randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Parents in the intervention group will read picture books to their infants from a corrected gestational age of 28 weeks to 36 weeks and 6 days. Physiological data (heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and heart rate variability) and parental anxiety levels will be assessed at multiple time points. The study aims to determine whether this intervention improves infant stability, reduces parental anxiety, and enhances parent-child attachment, contributing to improved neonatal care practices.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Impact of Picture Book Reading on Preterm Infant Stability, Parental Anxiety, and Parent-Child Attachment
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Preterm infants born between 28+0 and 36+6 weeks of gestation
- Preterm infants transferred out of the incubator as advised by medical staff
- Preterm infants who passed the newborn hearing screening in both ears
- Parents able to read and understand Chinese materials
- Parents capable of communicating in Mandarin
You will not qualify if you...
- Preterm infants with external ear abnormalities
- Preterm infants receiving sedatives, hypnotics, or caffeine therapy
- Parents with auditory or speech impairments
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, Beitou, Taiwan, 112
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Research Team
C
CHI-WEN CHEN, PhD
CONTACT
P
PEI-YU LO
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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