Observing Infant Feeding Interactions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 27
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Infant intake within a feeding (mL)
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Basic Science
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- — to 6 Months (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
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
Arms & Interventions
Classical Music versus Television show
This is within-subject study; all infants will be exposed to both conditions. Order of presentation will counterbalanced across infants.
Intervention: Technology distraction (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Infant intake within a feeding (mL)
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 2-hour period
Maternal responsiveness to infant cues during a feeding assessed by the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training Parent-Child Interaction Feeding Scale.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Alison Ventura
Assistant Professor
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo