Nausicaa Pouscoulous
More than one path to pragmatics? Insights from children's grasp of implicit, figurative and ironical meaning
Cognition
parents babies neonatal intensive care unit nicu experience high levels stress anxiety depression nicu experience may also lead impaired parenting early childhood socioemotional problems psychosocial interventions reduce nicu parent distress yet many timeintensive costly deliver acceptance commitment therapy act evidencebased psychological therapy may address needs act shown effective reducing distress parents children chronic illnesses particularly combined parent education therefore primary aim study determine digital intervention uses brief form act plus parent education reduce stress primary caregivers preterm babies nicu digital educationonly intervention standard care control group randomised controlled cluster trial design participants randomly assigned one three groups act plus education educationonly standard care control primary outcome parentalcaregiver stress levels measured parental stress scale neonatal intensive care unit secondary outcomes include overall stress anxiety depression outcome measures evaluated baseline two weeks enrolment discharge home 3months postdischarge study explore efficacy digital act plus education intervention parental stress levels position papers advocated use act nicu parents study first test act standalone intervention population trial prospectively registered australian new zealand clinical trials registry 14 june 2023 actrn12623000641695p