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Table 1 Schedule of enrollment, interventions, and assessments

From: Early father-infant skin-to-skin contact and its effect on the neurodevelopmental outcomes of moderately preterm infants in China: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Time point

Study Period

Enrolment

Allocation

Post-allocation

-t 1

 

t 1

t 2

t 3

t 4

t 5

t 6

t 7

Enrolment:

         

Eligibility screen

X

        

Informed consent

X

        

Randomization and allocation

 

X

       

Interventions:

         

SSC group

  

X

      

TC group

  

X

      

Assessments:

         

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI

   

X

 

X

   

Salivary cortisol

    

X

    

Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale, BNAS

     

X

   

Neuroimaging

      

X

  

Infant Neurological International Battery, INFANIB

      

X

  

Paternal Postnatal Attachment Scale, PPAS

       

X

X

  1. t1 = During hospitalization
  2. t2 = 1 day to 3 days after birth
  3. t3 = 10-15 days after birth
  4. t4 = 37 weeks of corrected age or before discharge
  5. t5 = 38-42 weeks of corrected age
  6. t6 = 4 months after discharge
  7. t7 = 6 months after discharge