CuddleCard: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
The trial was prospectively registered with the American Economic Association Trial Registry, the primary registry for academic economists conducting policy trials, on 16 April 2024 (AEARCTR-0013256). It was also registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06362798) on 10 April 2024.
Authors
- Margaret McConnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3437-3249)
- Michelle-Marie Peña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-414X)
- Margaret G. Parker
- Mari‐Lynn Drainoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8037)
- Günther Fink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7525-3668)
- Laura Madore
- Heather Schofield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9411-1526)
- Martha J. Farah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6683-0352)
- Erika G. Cordova-Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9836-2004)
- Nikita S. Kalluri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9275-2247)
- Lindsey Simoncini
- Michael Silverstein
- Alya Alsager
- Plyce Fuchu
- Shrivaths Sriprasad
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Society for Neuroscience (US)
- Baystate Medical Center (US)
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Brown University (US)
- Kuwait University (KW)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- Quinnipiac University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-05621-9
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49
Funders
- March of Dimes Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development