Hair Cortisol as Marker of Chronic Stress in Preterm and Term Fathers - Fathair-study : Hair Cortisol as Marker of Chronic Stress in Preterm and Term Fathers - Fathair-study

For expectant parents, the birth of a child is often a stressful situation. In the case of a premature birth, the psychological stress is usually increased because the parents frequently could not prepare for the birth. Therefore, the researcher would like to investigate this stress of fathers of newborn children.For this purpose, the stress hormone cortisol in the fathers' hair will be analysed and questionnaires on the fathers' mental health will be collected. Subsequently, the differences between fathers of prematurely born and of maturely born children will be compared.The investigators will do the analyses at three time points: the first time point will be at the first week after birth, the second three months and the third six months after birth. At six months of the infant's age, additionally the paternal sensitivity will be measured.The compared groups will differ with respect to gestational age: Group 1 includes preterm infants with a gestational age below 32 weeks and a birth weight <1500 grams (very low birthweight infants), group 2 preterm infants with a gestational age between 32 0/7 to 36 6/7 (moderate and late preterm infants) and group 3 consists of mature infants (over 37 weeks gestational age)..

Medienart:

Klinische Studie

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

ClinicalTrials.gov - (2023) vom: 27. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

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Themen:

610
Premature Birth
Recruitment Status: Not yet recruiting
Stress, Psychological
Study Type: Observational

Anmerkungen:

Source: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record., First posted: August 1, 2023, Last downloaded: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on January 03, 2024, Last updated: January 03, 2024

Study ID:

NCT05969431
23-114058

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

CTG009373896