The Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program in Denmark

VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parenting

Treatments: Behavioral: Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program; Behavioral: Usual Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01931917

SFI 2570

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the pilot study is to examine the effects of the Incredible Years Baby Programme (IY baby) offered as a universal intervention compared to Usual Care (UC) for parents with infants aged 0-12 months.

Full description

A randomised controlled effectiveness pilot trial of the Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program (IY baby)offered as a universal intervention in two municipalities in Denmark. 120 families will be randomised to IY Baby (intervention) og Usual Care (UC- control). Families recruited to the study have infants aged 0-4 months old. All first time mothers in one municipality and all mothers in another municipality are recruited. Outcomes are measured at 20 weeks post baseline and when the child is 18 months old. The aim of this trial is to estimate the effectiveness of the IY Baby program on parent and infant well-being, development and relationship and establish parameters for a definitive trial. In addition, the pilot study will also gather information on parent recruitment and participation to inform future research in this area.

Enrollment: 112 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents with a child aged 0-4 months
• Parents are able to understand Danish at a basic level

Exclusion criteria

• Serious physical disability
• serious mental disability
• Child can not be placed in out of home care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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112 participants in 2 patient groups

IY Parents and Babies Program

Experimental group

Description:

In the Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program, parents learn how to help their babies feel loved, safe, and secure. They learn how to encourage their babies' physical and language development. The parenting group format fosters peer support networks and shared learning. Trained Incredible Years facilitators use video clips of real-life situational vignettes to support the training and stimulate parenting group discussions and practice exercises with their babies. The program is group based with 6-8 mothers and partners attending 8 2 hour sessions with their babies.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Incredible Years Parents and Babies Program

Usual Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual care consists of the elements that are being offered to all mothers in the participating municipalities which is 5 home visits by health visitors, a mothers group, a health nurse station and extra visits if needed.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Care