Re-enforcing Safe Sleep Practices for Caregivers With Tangible Incentives

Kansas Board of Regents

Status: Completed

Conditions: Safe Sleep Education

Treatments: Other: Wearable Blanket (Sleep Sack); Other: Incentive Item

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02010450

13-017

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a pilot study to test the effectiveness of incentive items to increase compliance of infant safe sleep practices among caregivers.

Enrollment: 152 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent of 1-month old baby
• Over the age of 18
• Be able to speak and read English

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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152 participants in 2 patient groups

Wearable Blanket

Experimental group

Description:

subjects randomized to this group will receive a wearable blanket (sleep sack) that contains a safe sleep message.

Treatment:

Other: Wearable Blanket (Sleep Sack)

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

subjects randomized to this group will receive an incentive item (such as a University of Kansas Pediatrics water Bottle) that does not contain the safe sleep message.

Treatment:

Other: Incentive Item