The Goal is to Examine the Impact of Doula-coordinated, Midwife-delivered Postpartum Care Among Individuals With Preterm Births <34 Weeks' Gestation Requiring NICU Admission.

Conditions: Doula Support, Postpartum, Postpartum Anaemia, Postpartum Depression (PPD)

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 Years – N/A

Healthy volunteers: No

Phase: NA

Enrollment: 350

Sponsor: University of South Carolina

Summary

The primary objective of this research is to conduct a randomized clinical trial to examine the impact of doula-coordinated, midwife-delivered postpartum care (intervention arm) on postpartum health care utilization, health outcomes, and patient-reported experiences compared with standard postpartum care (control arm) among individuals with preterm births \

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Age above 18 at time of delivery of infant * English-speaking * Medicaid insurance coverage at the time of delivery, either as primary or secondary coverage * Delivery before 34 weeks' gestation * Infant admitted to the NICU, 10 days old or less Exclusion Criteria: * Stillbirth * Infant death in the delivery room * Infant with severe congenital anomalies expected to result in death shortly after birth * Inability to provide informed consent * Inability to visit the infant in the NICU at least once per week * More than 10 days postpartum

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07787845). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.