Effects of Medical Clowning (Dream Doctors) on the Development of the Nervous System and the Relationship Between Preterm Premature Baby Parents and NICU Staff
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- ◦Developmental assessment - a composite of several measures
研究概览
简要总结
The study will compare intervention by Infant Aquatics to infant massage. The intervention in both methods will start at 36 weeks gestational age for 3 months and will consist of sessions with a therapist every 2 weeks. Development will be assessed and compared at 3, 8 and 18 months using Infant Motor Pattern method, Griffith developmental scales and Vineland adaptive behavior scales.
详细描述
Preterm infants, a continuously growing population, are at high risk for neurodevelopment impairments ranging from minor neurological dysfunction (MND) to cerebral palsy (CP), mainly due to developmental brain injury. Infant Aquatics have been found to benefit and promote infant development. The support and sensory stimulation of the water may improve the development the sensory, motor, as well as, autonomic system of preterm infants.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Family Based
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- — 至 4 Weeks（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •neonates wherein their parents have expressed consent to participate in trail
- •neonates with parents who are able to understand and fill in questioners
- •neonates with no chromosomal deficiencies and no genetic deficiency
排除标准
- •neonates with parents who are unable to understand and fill in questioners
- •neonates with intraventricular bleeding IVH/PVH
- •neonates with periventricular hemorrhage
- •neonates with known chromosomal deficiencies or genetic deficiency
结局指标
主要结局
◦Developmental assessment - a composite of several measures
时间窗: ◦Time Frame: 3 month
次要结局
- Developmental assessment - a composite of several measures(◦◦Time Frame: 18 month)