Baby Dvd Effects on Cortisol

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Infant Development
• Interventions: Behavioral: block play; Behavioral: baby dvd

• Registration Number: NCT01459848
• Lead Sponsor: Seattle Children's Hospital

Brief Summary

The investigators will do an experiment where 9-12 month old infants are randomized to 30 minutes of block play or 30 minutes of watching a baby DVD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Study First Submitted: 2011-10-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-10-24
• Study First Posted: 2011-10-26
• Primary Completion: 2012-01
• Study Completion: 2012-01
• Status Verified: 2014-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-03-24
• Last Update Posted: 2014-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• 9-12 months of age

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
block play	block play	30 minutes of block play with parent
baby dvd	baby dvd	watch baby dvd with parent

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
salivary cortisol	40 minutes post baseline	Study will be assessing babies' neuroendocrine responses to play vs TV viewing. Salivary cortisol, as an indicator of neuroendocrine response, will be measured over time with the intervals as specified under time frame. For each time point, investigator will adjust for prior ones in a repeated measures analysis

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seattle CHildrens Research Institute; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States