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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
100 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2010-01-31
2011-12-31
Brief Summary
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As a group, preterms show developmental delays in physical growth, motor skills, attention, social communicative skills, intelligence, language, academic performance, and later behavior problems. Furthermore, research indicates that preterms are difficult social partners for their parents.
Despite biological insults and relational difficulties, research also shows that the development of premature infants appears to be facilitated by sensitive and responsive parenting. Little attention, however, has been paid to understand the social risks faced by preterm infants.
The proposed research, therefore, is designed to:
1. understand the extent to which neurophysiological risk may affect preterm infants' socioemotional development,
2. explore the role of maternal social support, sociopsychological stress, and perception of infant vulnerability in the socioemotional development of preterm infants varying in biological risk,
3. examine the role of social support in buffering stress in mothers of preterm infants, and
4. evaluate the role of maternal stress, coping, and support in preterm infants' socioemotional development.
This study will include preterm infants recruited from the National Taiwan University Hospital at term and 12 months of corrected age. Infants will be examined for physical growth, neurobehavioral development, and mother and infant interaction at term. The growth measures including weight, height and head circumference will be assessed. Interaction between mother and infant will be investigated by observing the interaction between infants and their mothers in feeding and skin to skin contact conditions. Mothers' psychosocial stress and social support will be obtained via questionnaires.
It is expected that preterm infants' physical growth and neurobehavioral development as well as mothers' psychosocial stress and social support are associated with the quality of mother-infant interaction.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Preterm infants
birth weight\<1500 grams and gestational age\<30 weeks
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Georgia
OTHER
National Taiwan University Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University
Principal Investigators
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Hui-Chin Hsu, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Georgia
Locations
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, , Taiwan
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Suh-Fang Jeng, Ph.D.
Role: primary
Other Identifiers
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200904054R
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id