Exploring emotional wellbeing in parents in ESDLPI intervention.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Exploring the emotional wellbeing needs and experiences of support of parents involved in the Early Supportive Discharge for Late Pre-term Infants (ESDLPI) intervention: A grounded theory study
IRAS ID
317591
Contact name
Ashley Sharpe
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Central Lancashire
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 8 months, 19 days
Research summary
As early supportive discharge of neonates is a very new programme, starting in just 2019, and there is little known about the parent's emotional wellbeing needs during this time. A neonate is described as an infant from birth to less than four weeks old (Wallace, 2007). A pre-term neonate is described as at least four weeks before their due date (Field, 2002). Being discharged home with a neonate after a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit stay can evoke a range of emotions both positive and negative (Toly et al, 2019). A grounded theory study will be used to interview 10-15 parents of late preterm infants discharged into the Early Supportive discharge intervention and 10-15 health care workers working with these infants. Grounded theory is a qualitative method that enables the study of a particular phenomenon or process and discover new theories that are based on the collection and analysis of real world data. Parents will be interviewed upon discharge from the neonatal unit and again around six to eight weeks post discharge. Health care workers will be interviewed once. The research aims to elicit in-depth insights into parents of late pre-term infants' views of their emotional and mental wellbeing needs and experiences of support whilst taking part in an ESDLPI program. Also to explore the views of healthcare workers around the mental wellbeing support needs of parents of late pre-term infants taking part in the Early Supportive Discharge of Late Preterm Infants program. The research also aims to develop a theoretical framework that outlines parents needs and recommendations for suitable mental health provision.
REC name
South West - Cornwall & Plymouth Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/SW/0004
Date of REC Opinion
3 Feb 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion