Status:

UNKNOWN

Vermont Intervention: Effect on Joint Attention Skills Between Parents and Moderate/Late Preterm Infants in the First Year of Life

Lead Sponsor:

Ullevaal University Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health

Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse

Conditions:

Premature Birth

Eligibility:

All Genders

30+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if the effects of the Vermont intervention, implemented by nurses in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), can influence social interaction and joint atten...

Detailed Description

The bases of parental sensitivity and infants' joint attention skills are probably established during the child's first year of life. Research suggests that the quality of early social interaction is ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Preterm newborns with gestational age \> 29.6 and \< 36.0 weeks at birth.
  • Full term newborns with gestational age \> 36.9 weeks at birth and birth weight equal to or more than 2500 grams
  • Admitted to Ullevål University Hospital
  • Families are recruited to the study before infants are discharged from the hospital

Exclusion

  • Congenital or chromosomal abnormality, and/or severe neonatal diseases
  • History of maternal substance or psychiatric disorders.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

170 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00245843

Start Date

January 1 2005

End Date

February 1 2010

Last Update

April 1 2009

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Ullevaal University Hospital (UUS)

Oslo, Norway, 0407