Vermont Intervention: Effect on Joint Attention Skills Between Parents and Moderate/Late Preterm Infants in the First Year of Life

NCT00245843 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 170

Last updated 2009-04-01

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if the effects of the Vermont intervention, implemented by nurses in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), can influence social interaction and joint attention skills between parents and preterm babies in the second half of the first year of life.

Conditions

  • Premature Birth

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mother Infant Transaction Program (MITP)

Psychosocial intervention. 11-session one hour standardized intervention program. The aim of the MITP is to help parents to appreciate their infant's unique characteristics,temperament and developmental potential.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health

    collaborator OTHER
  • Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse

    collaborator OTHER
  • Norwegian Nurses Association (NSF)

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • University of Oslo

    collaborator OTHER
  • Ullevaal University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rolf Lindemann, MD, PhD · Ullevål University Hospital (UUS)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-02-29
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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