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ArticleAmerican journal of perinatology2023

Parent Activation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Ryan Skeens, Kerri L Cavanaugh, Robert Cronin, QinGxia Chen, Yuhan Liu, Hannah Huth, Gretchen P Jackson

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Article in American journal of perinatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Caregiver activation: a concept analysis.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan SkeensDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Kerri L CavanaughDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Robert CroninDepartment of Medicine and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
QinGxia ChenDepartment of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Yuhan LiuDepartment of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Hannah HuthCollege of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
Gretchen P JacksonDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Personal Health Information Needs and Practices for Maternal Fetal CareR01HS021496 · AHRQ · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI JACKSON, GRETCHEN P · 2013 to 2016
$1.6M
AHRQ HHS R01 HS021496
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePatient activation is the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage one's health; parent activation is a comparable concept related to a parent's ability to manage a child's health. Activation in adults is a modifiable risk factor and associated with clinical outcomes and health care utilization. We examined activation in parents of hospitalized newborns observing temporal trends and associations with sociodemographic characteristics, neonate characteristics, and outcomes. STUDY

designParticipants included adult parents of neonates admitted to a level-IV neonatal intensive care unit in an academic medical center. Activation was measured with the 10-item Parent version of the Patient Activation Measure (P-PAM) at admission, discharge, and 30 days after discharge. Associations with sociodemographic variables, health literacy, clinical variables, and health care utilization were evaluated.

resultsA total of 96 adults of 64 neonates were enrolled. The overall mean P-PAM score on admission was 81.8 (standard deviation [SD] = 18), 88.8 (SD = 13) at discharge, and 86.8 (SD = 16) at 30-day follow-up. Using linear mixed regression model, P-PAM score was significantly associated with timing of measurement. Higher P-PAM scores were associated with higher health literacy (

conclusionParental activation in the NICU setting was higher than reported in the adult and limited pediatric literature; scores increased from admission to discharge and 30-day postdischarge. Activation was higher in mothers and parents with higher health literacy. Additional larger scale studies are needed to determine whether parental activation is associated with long-term health care outcomes as seen in adults. KEY POINTS: · Little is known about activation in parents of neonates.. · Activation plays a role in health outcomes in adults.. · Larger studies are needed to explore parent activation..

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AftercareIntensive Care Units, NeonatalAdultChildFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMothersParentsPatient Discharge

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PMID34638138
PMCPMC11588142
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