Prevention of Postpartum Smoking Relapse in Mothers of Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

NCT01131156 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2014-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators hypothesized that an enriched focus on mother-infant bonding during a newborn's hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit would reduced the rate maternal postpartum smoking relapse and would prolong the duration of breastfeeding in mothers who had quit smoking during or just prior to pregnancy.

Conditions

  • Smoking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Smoking Relapse Prevention

Mothers were given information about normal newborn behaviors using books, DVDs, and handouts that were appropriate for their baby's gestational age and were also encouraged to participate in frequent skin-to-skin holding of their babies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

    collaborator OTHER
  • Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER
  • March of Dimes

    collaborator OTHER
  • Loma Linda University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • T. Allen Merritt, MD, MHA · Loma Linda University, School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
1 Week
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-05-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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