Using Technology for Prediction and Prevention of Infant Torticollis and Plagiocephaly

College of Staten Island, the City University of New York

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Torticollis

Treatments: Behavioral: in-app notification

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06474741

CStatenIslandCUNY

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether an app-based intervention can reduce the likelihood of a torticollis diagnosis in infants. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• whether an app can successfully deliver an intervention to parents of young infants
• whether parents who learn about torticollis will increase behaviors intended to prevent torticollis compared to parents who learn about general infant development

Participants will complete a monthly survey for 6 months asking about their parenting behaviors. Researchers will compare parents who receive notifications about torticollis with parents who receive notifications about general infant development to see if increased knowledge of torticollis leads to preventive behavior.

Enrollment: 56 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 1 month old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• any parent with an infant under a month old who can answer a survey in English

Exclusion criteria

• infant already has a diagnosis of torticollis or plagiocephaly

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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56 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention

Experimental group

Description:

in-app twice-weekly parent notification about torticollis and head turn asymmetries

Treatment:

Behavioral: in-app notification

control

No Intervention group

Description:

in-app twice-weekly parent notification about general infant development