Promoting Child Development Practices in the First Year of Life Through a Video Administered at Two Different Times

NCT ID: NCT02120430

Last Updated: 2014-04-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE3
• Total Enrollment: 105 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2010-06-30

Brief Summary

There is an increasing need for parenting programs aimed at promoting parent-child interaction. A variety of interventions have been proposed. The use of audiovisual materials for parents has been shown to be effective but limited information is available on the optimal timing for its use, particularly for new parents during the first year of life of their children.

Based on the hypothesis that the effectiveness of information provided to first-time parents in modifying their knowledge, attitudes and intentions regarding rearing practices may depend on when the information is delivered, we designed an open randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of administering a video at two different times, i.e. at one and seven months of age of the child.

The video addressed four specific activities related to early child development: reading aloud to the baby, early exposure to music, promotion of early socialization for parents and for children.

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Early administration of the video

Video delivered at one month of child's life

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Video

Intervention Type: OTHER

The video was developed by a multidisciplinary team (psychologists, paediatricians, filmmaker). It was conceived as an aid to parenting in the first year of life, providing opportunities for parents to look at their own experiences. The video lasts 24 minutes and describes "the birth of a new relationship" between primary caregivers and their babies, in chronological order, starting from late pregnancy to the end of the first year. Caregiver-child interactions are shown from early contact after delivery to common care practices, with an emphasis on four specific activities, which are believed to improve child development and caregiver-child interaction: reading aloud to the baby, exposure to songs, rhymes and music, promotion of early socialization for parents and for children.

Late administration of the video

Video delivered at seven months of child's life

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Video

Intervention Type: OTHER

The video was developed by a multidisciplinary team (psychologists, paediatricians, filmmaker). It was conceived as an aid to parenting in the first year of life, providing opportunities for parents to look at their own experiences. The video lasts 24 minutes and describes "the birth of a new relationship" between primary caregivers and their babies, in chronological order, starting from late pregnancy to the end of the first year. Caregiver-child interactions are shown from early contact after delivery to common care practices, with an emphasis on four specific activities, which are believed to improve child development and caregiver-child interaction: reading aloud to the baby, exposure to songs, rhymes and music, promotion of early socialization for parents and for children.

Interventions

Video

The video was developed by a multidisciplinary team (psychologists, paediatricians, filmmaker). It was conceived as an aid to parenting in the first year of life, providing opportunities for parents to look at their own experiences. The video lasts 24 minutes and describes "the birth of a new relationship" between primary caregivers and their babies, in chronological order, starting from late pregnancy to the end of the first year. Caregiver-child interactions are shown from early contact after delivery to common care practices, with an emphasis on four specific activities, which are believed to improve child development and caregiver-child interaction: reading aloud to the baby, exposure to songs, rhymes and music, promotion of early socialization for parents and for children.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• first parenting experience
• local residence
• no major health or psychosocial problems in parents and in the newborn
• no delay in discharge from the maternity ward
• adequate knowledge of Italian

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

IRCCS Burlo Garofolo

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ronfani Luca

MD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Giorgio Tamburlini, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

Locations

IRCCS Burlo Garofolo

Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Countries

Italy

References

Roia A, Paviotti E, Ferluga V, Montico M, Monasta L, Ronfani L, Tamburlini G. Promoting effective child development practices in the first year of life: does timing make a difference? BMC Pediatr. 2014 Sep 5;14:222. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-222.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 25193490 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

RC 60/07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id