Status:

COMPLETED

Using the LENA System in Early Intervention - b

Lead Sponsor:

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Collaborating Sponsors:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute

Conditions:

Depression

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-99 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This project will determine whether an intervention to enhance communication between infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities and their depressed mothers can be integrated into federally-f...

Detailed Description

Early Intervention (EI) services are provided to infants and toddlers with documented developmental delays in all 50 states and US territories. EI improves long-term infant-toddler adaptation and lowe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Be 18 years or older. Mothers who are 18 years can give consent independently.
  • Be the biological or adoptive mother of an infant (6 weeks - 18 months old) or toddler (19 -32 months old) enrolled in EI at the time of recruitment; mothers must be the primary caretaker of the child.
  • EI services are offered only to infants and toddlers up to the age of 36 months; this study caps the age of enrollment at 32 months to ensure that toddlers are continuously enrolled in EI during the data collection period.
  • Able to independently give consent. Mothers must have adequate capacity to participate in the LENA intervention as well as understand what they will be asked to do as participants.
  • Score 8 or higher on the Patient Health Questionnaire - (PHQ-9). This score is indicative of depressive symptoms.

Exclusion

  • Currently pregnant by self-report.
  • Child is completely deaf

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 2 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 4 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03480841

Start Date

April 2 2018

End Date

November 4 2018

Last Update

December 19 2019

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Durham Children's Developmental Services Agency

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27701