Observing Infant Feeding Interactions

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Classical Music; Television Show
• Interventions: Behavioral: Technology distraction

• Registration Number: NCT02517970
• Lead Sponsor: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Brief Summary

The objective of the proposed research is to conduct a within-subject experimental study that will assess the effect of environmental distractions on a mothers' ability to recognize and feed in response to infants' feeding cues. Investigators hypothesize that mothers will spend significantly more time looking at their technology compared to looking at their infant, which will be negatively associated with the mothers' responsiveness to her infant. This will have a positive association with infant intake during the feeding. Investigators also hypothesize that mothers will show less sensitivity when distracted when compared to when they are not distracted.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06
• Study First Submitted: 2015-08-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2015-08-07
• Primary Completion: 2017-09
• Study Completion: 2018-12-01
• Status Verified: 2019-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

• Mothers must be 18 years or older
• Infants must be between 0-6 months of age

Exclusion Criteria

• Preterm birth
• Medical conditions that interfere with feeding

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Classical Music versus Television show	Technology distraction	This is within-subject study; all infants will be exposed to both conditions. Order of presentation will counterbalanced across infants.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Infant intake within a feeding (mL)	2-hour period	Infant intake within a feeding (mL) assessed by weighing the bottle or infant, depending on the type of feeding, before and after the feeding.
Maternal responsiveness	2-hour period	Maternal responsiveness to infant cues during a feeding assessed by the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training Parent-Child Interaction Feeding Scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

California Polytechnic State University; 🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo, California, United States