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Hair Cortisol as Marker of Chronic Stress in Preterm and Term Fathers - Fathair-study

Recruitingn/aAges 1 Day - 7 DaysAllUniversity of Cologne
NCT05969431 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The goal of this observational study is to compare the paternal hair cortisol as a marker for chronic stress in prematurely born children to maturely born children. The main questions it aims to answer are: * How differ the cortisol level between groups? * How change the cortisol level over time? * Are there secondary outcomes associated to the cortisol level of fathers? Participants will give a hair sample to analyse the cortisol level and fill out questionnaires at three time points. At six months of the infant's age, the investigators will also measure the paternal sensitivity.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Premature or mature infant (22 0/7 to 42 0/7 weeks of gestation) * For mature infants (37 0/7 to 42 0/7 weeks of gestation) undisturbed neonatal period * No severe malformations or genetic diseases of the newborn child * Sufficient knowledge of German of the father * written consent of the custodial parents Exclusion Criteria: * adoptive or foster paternity * hair length below 3 cm at the posterior vertex region of the back of the father's head * endocrine disorders, especially of the adrenocortical system (e.g. Cushing syndrome, adrenal insufficiency) * taking steroidal medications or other drugs that affect the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system * paternal psychological or severe physical illness
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What it tests

  • measurement of cortisol level
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Where

1 site
University Hospital of Cologne
Cologne, Germany
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