The Playful Learning in Infancy Program (PLIP)

University of Copenhagen

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Parent-Child Relations; Infant Development

Treatments: Behavioral: Playful Learning in Infancy Program; Behavioral: Postnatal care as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06352229

514-0335/23-2000

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the Playful Learning in Infancy Program, parents receive research-based educational guidance on playful interactions with their infants aged 0-1 year. They learn to recognize their infants' cues indicating readiness to engage in play and they are introduced to specific, developmentally appropriate activities for interactive engagement. The guidance is delivered to parents during routine home visits by public health visitors.

The aims of the Playful Learning in Infancy Program are to 1) promote playful interactions between infants and parents, parental attitudes towards play, and infant socioemotional development; 2) enhance the language and knowledge of playful learning in infancy among frontline staff; and 3) evaluate the Playful Learning in Infancy Program for potential testing in a future large-scale RCT study.

Evaluation is based on a parallel group study design, with half of the participants receiving care as usual and half of the participants receiving care as usual along with the Playful Learning in Infancy Program.

Enrollment: 2,327 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Residence address in the Danish municipalities of Hvidovre or Billund
• Residence address with child or legal custody of the child
• Child is between 1-7 months old
• Understands Danish or English

Exclusion criteria

• Parental age under the age of 18 when the child is born
• Multiple pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,327 participants in 2 patient groups

Playful Learning in Infancy Program

Experimental group

Description:

Playful Learning in Infancy Program plus postnatal care as usual

Treatment:

Behavioral: Playful Learning in Infancy Program

Care As Usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Postnatal care as usual

Treatment:

Behavioral: Postnatal care as usual