This randomized clinical trial compares the effect of donor human milk on neurodevelopmental outcomes at 22 to 26 months’ corrected age compared with preterm in
Jan 14, 2021
Differing demographic characteristics appear to determine trial participation
Brand new parents who agreed to enroll their infants in a neonatal clinical trial differed from those who declined participation in terms of self-identified race/ethnicity, income, and insurance coverage, researchers reported.
In a survey-based study of 369 parents, those who placed the infant in the HEAL study had lower rates of Medicaid participation (41.1% versus 55.3%,
P=0.04) and higher rates of annual income >$55,000 (52.8% versus 37.5%,
P=0.03) compared with those who declined, according to Elliott Mark Weiss, MD, MSME, of Seattle Children’s Hospital & Research Institute, and co-authors.
Additionally, Black parents had lower enrollment rates compared with White parents (odds ratio 0.35, 95% CI 0.17-0.73), they wrote in