Trial reportPediatrics2026
NICU Virtual Family-Centered Rounds: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Pediatrics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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objectiveThe use of telehealth to bring a family member virtually to the bedside for family-centered rounds (FCR) is a promising strategy to increase family members' access. We aimed to evaluate the impact of offering families the option to use virtual FCR in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on parental and neonatal outcomes.
methodsThis 2-arm cluster randomized controlled trial assigned families of hospitalized infants to the option of using virtual FCR (intervention) or to usual care (control). Intervention families could also attend FCR in person (usual care). All eligible families of infants who were admitted to this single-site neonatal intensive care unit during the study period were included. Outcomes included FCR attendance, parent experience, family-centered care, parent activation, parent health-related quality of life, length of stay, breastmilk feeding, and neonatal growth.
resultsFrom March 2023 to 2024, 486 families were randomized (325 intervention, 161 control). Infants in the intervention arm were estimated to have 4.81 (95% CI 3.65-6.32) times the parent attendance rate of infants in the control arm (unadjusted incidence rate ratio: 4.62 [95% CI 3.40-6.28]). The intervention arm had 0.37 (95% CI 0.18-0.75) times the adjusted odds of a 30-day emergency department revisit compared with the control arm (unadjusted odds ratio: 0.48 [95% CI 0.25-0.91]). No statistically significant positive intervention effects were observed for other secondary outcomes.
conclusionsOffering virtual FCR increased parent attendance and reduced 30-day emergency department revisits among NICU infants.
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