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An Intervention to Decrease Infant Crying

NCT00796523 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2008-11-24

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Summary

This is a study looking at the Happiest Baby on the Block technique. The investigators hypothesized that infants of mothers given a 30 minute videotape demonstrating the Happiest Baby on the Block technique would fuss/cry less and sleep longer than infants of mothers given a 30 minute videotape on general newborn care. The investigators also hypothesized that mothers given the Happiest Baby on the Block videotape would have lower levels of stress.

Conditions

  • Colic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Happiest Baby videotape

a videotape demonstrating the Happiest Baby on the Block technique for calming crying infants

BEHAVIORAL

control videotape

a videotape with general newborn care instructions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Prevent Child Abuse America

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Riverside Methodist Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jonna M. McRury, M.D. · University of Toledo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
5 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Primary Completion
2006-02-28
Completion
2006-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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