Music and Child Health and Development
- Conditions
- Language DevelopmentObesity, InfantParent-Child Relations
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Play GroupBehavioral: Music Together
- Registration Number
- NCT05868811
- Lead Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
- Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a music enrichment program on the quality of parent child interactions, a child's motivation to eat, and a child's language environment in 9 to 24 month-old children from low-income families. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Does participation in a music enrichment program improve the quality of parent-child interactions?
2. Does participation in a music enrichment program reduce motivation for food
3. Does participation in a music enrichment program improve the quality of the language environment?
Participants will:
1. Be randomly assigned to participate in either 2, 8-week semesters of weekly music enrichment classes or play group sessions.
2. At the beginning, after the first 8 weeks and after the second 8 weeks, a researcher will come to the participants house and parent-child pairs will:
1. be video recorded during 10 minutes of playtime and meal time.
2. fill out questionnaires
3. wear a small wearable language recorder for 16 hours
3. At the beginning, after the first 8 weeks and after the second 8 weeks, the parent and child will come to the baby lab and will:
1. Play a computer game to test motivation for food
2. have height and weight measurements collected
Researchers will compare the music and play groups to see if there is a difference in the quality of parent child interaction, food motivation or language environment.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
- Family income meets criteria for the National Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program
- Family is able and willing to commit to a 6-month program
- Mother <18 years old at the time of delivery
- During pregnancy:
- Mother smoked >10 cigarettes/day
- Mother used >1 marijuana joint/day
- Mother used any other illicit drugs
- Mother drank > 3 standard drinks on a single occasion or >1 standard drink on a daily basis
- Preterm birth <37 weeks gestation
- Child with significant health issues, and/or genetic conditions (e.g., cerebral palsy, down's syndrome)
- Mother with major health concerns during pregnancy (e.g., gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, etc)
- Parent/child who do not speak English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Play Group Play Group - Music Together Music Together -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from Baseline conversational turns at 8 weeks and 16 weeks Baseline, 8-weeks, 16-weeks Parent-child dyads will potentially change their frequency of conversational turns based on the randomized class.
Name of measurement: Conversational turns Unit of measure: frequency countChange from Baseline infant food reinforcing ratio at 8 weeks and 16 weeks Baseline, 8-weeks, 16-weeks Infant will potentially change their food reinforcing ratio (FRR) based on the randomized class.
Name of the measurement: Food reinforcing ratio (FRR) Unit of measure: ratioChange from Baseline Quality of parent-child interactions at 8-weeks and 16-weeks Baseline, after semester 1, after semester 2 Parent-child dyads will potentially change their quality of interactions based on the randomized class. Name of measurement: The parent child early relational assessment (PCERA) Unit of measure: 5-point global rating scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
ChildrensMHC
🇺🇸Kansas City, Missouri, United States