Trial reportJournal of telemedicine and telecare2022
Comparison of video and in-hospital consultations during early in-home care for premature infants and their families: A randomised trial.
Trial report in Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02581800 (Effect and Experience of PreHomeCare of Preterm Infants Using Telecommunication and Smartphone Application), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect and Experience of PreHomeCare of Preterm Infants Using Telecommunication and Smartphone Application: A Randomized Intervention Study.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of remote breastfeeding guidance on breastfeeding rates and neonatal health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Implementing Outpatient Therapeutic Playgroups for NICU Families: A Quality Improvement Project.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Discharge criteria, practices, and decision-making in the transition of preterm infants to home.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Interventions to support parents, families and caregivers in caring for preterm or low birth weight infants at home: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- A Compassion-Focused Approach to Support Parents After Preterm Birth.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Review
- Effects of a remote patient monitoring program on cost of care for neonates with inadequate oral feeding.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Low readmission rates during neonatal homecare: Gestational age and bronchopulmonary dysplasia as key predictors.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Opportunities for Telemedicine to Improve Parents' Well-Being During the Neonatal Care Journey: Scoping Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Current Approaches to Following Up Women and Newborns After Discharge From Childbirth Facilities: A Scoping Review.Global health, science and practice · 2024Article
- Remote monitoring for neonates requiring continued nasogastric tube feeding: implementation, patient characteristics, and early outcomes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Knowledge of mothers and fathers' experiences of the early in-home care of premature infants supported by video consultations with a neonatal nurse.BMC nursing · 2021Article
- Video consultation as nursing practice during early in-home care for premature infants and families viewed from the families' homes'.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Scoping review of interventions to support families with preterm infants post-NICU discharge.Journal of pediatric nursingArticle
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionEarly in-home care is increasingly being used in Scandinavian countries for clinically stable premature infants. Due to challenges with travel and hospital resources, alternative ways to support parents during early in-home care are being considered. The aim of this study was to test whether the proportion of mothers exclusively breastfeeding, parental confidence and mother-infant interaction increased after early in-home care with premature infants, and to compare the outcomes of in-home care involving the use of video communication and a mobile application with those of in-home care involving in-hospital consultations.
methodsThis study was conducted in four neonatal wards offering premature infant in-home care in Denmark. Premature infants were randomised using 1:1 block randomisation. During early in-home care, families had planned consultations two to three times a week, during which they received support from nurses: the intervention group had video consultations, while the control group had in-hospital consultations.
resultsThe proportion of exclusively breastfeeding mothers at discharge was 66.7% in the intervention group vs 66% in the control group and decreased to 49.4% vs 55%, respectively, 1 month after discharge. No significant improvements were found in the intervention group compared with the control group. In the intervention group, some video consultations were changed to telephone consultations due to problems with the video function, or to in-hospital consultations due to infants' requirement for medical services. No significant differences in secondary outcomes were observed. DISCUSSION: The study showed similar breastfeeding proportions at discharge. No unfavourable effects of video consultation compared with in-hospital consultation were found, indicating that video consultation could be a viable option and an important supplement during early in-home care.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02581800.
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