Is the infant massage intervention Shantala Babymassage Individueel” effective for vulnerable families in early life?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- This is an evaluation study of an intervention used in Preventive Child Healthcare in the Netherlands to enhance sensitive parenting and to reduce stress in parents at risk of low sensitive parenting behavior.Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16929184
- Lead Sponsor
- TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research)
- Brief Summary
2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37434181/ (added 12/07/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 185
Inclusion Criteria
1. Parents or primary caregivers of a baby with an age up to (about) 3 months at the time of enrollment.
2. Included via one of the participating Preventive Child Healthcare organizations/locations
3. Participating in Individual Shantala Infant Massage intervention, offered by the PCH organization (intervention group only)
Exclusion Criteria
Current participant exclusion criteria as of 03/02/2023:
Unable to complete questionnaires in Dutch or English (alone or with help)
Previous participant exclusion criteria:
Unable to understand the Dutch language.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method