Supplementary Material for a Pilot RCT on 24-Hour NICU Webcam Access in Japan

A Japanese tertiary NICU conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial from April 2023 to March 2024. The study enrolled 80 parents of 41 infants to evaluate the effect of 24-hour webcam access on parental anxiety, bonding, and postpartum depression. The dataset includes supplementary material for the trial, such as study protocols and results, shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the impact of remote video access on parental anxiety based on State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scores.
• Evaluating the feasibility and staff perceptions of continuous webcam use in a NICU setting based on survey results.
• Estimating effect sizes for bonding and depression outcomes using Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a structured pilot randomized controlled trial conducted over a 12-month period.
• Includes results from validated scales like MIBS and STAI for 80 parents.
• Staff survey results indicate 92% of nurses supported webcam use.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is 42.8 KB, indicating a very limited scope, likely containing only supplementary documents.

Provenance

Source

figshare admin karger

Collection Method

Pilot randomized controlled trial conducted in a tertiary NICU.

Time Range

April 2023 to March 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 05:55:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan