Trial reportJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2021
Uptake and impact of journaling program on wellbeing of NICU parents.
Trial report in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04331925 (Impact of Journal Program on Wellbeing of NICU Parents), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Impact of Journal Program on Wellbeing of NICU Parents
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Parents' experiences of psychotherapeutic support on the neonatal unit: A mixed methods systematic review to inform intervention development for a multicultural population.Nursing in critical care · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to support postpartum health and well-being of parents with infants in neonatal intensive care units: a scoping review.Frontiers in health services · 2026Review
- Efficacy of Family Health Conversations on Mental Health, Family Wellbeing, and Family Functioning for Parents of Infants Requiring Mechanical Respiratory Support During Neonatal Intensive Care.Journal of family nursing · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Preventive and Treatment Interventions of Parental Psychological Distress in the NICU in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The implementation and impact of narrative diaries in neonatal intensive care units: A scoping review.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis pilot study evaluated a brief parent journaling program in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDY
designHundred NICU parents were randomized to a control group (no journal) or an intervention group (journal provided). Parents reported pre- and post-intervention anxiety and depression symptoms using the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) and qualitative journal use data. The analysis included Student's paired two-tailed t-test and two-way ANOVA. This study was registered with clinicaltrials.gov on April 1, 2020, NCT04331925.
resultAt baseline, clinically significant anxiety was more prevalent than depression (66% vs. 23%). Post-intervention scores were best predicted by baseline scores. Relative to controls, intervention group parents experienced a decrease in anxiety from baseline (t = -1.983, p = 0.056). The same effect was not seen for depression. Most intervention group parents used the journal and provided positive feedback.
conclusionJournal use rates and positive feedback support the acceptability of a NICU journaling program.
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