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

IRCCS Burlo Garofolo

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Treatments: Other: Video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02120430

RC 60/07

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

105 participants in 2 patient groups

Early administration of the video

Active Comparator group

Description:

Video delivered at one month of child's life

Treatment:

Other: Video

Late administration of the video

Experimental group

Description:

Video delivered at seven months of child's life

Treatment:

Other: Video