Effects of Infant Massage on Acceptance, Commitment and Conscience of Influence of Parents With Down Syndrome Babies

April 25, 2017 updated by: Elena Piñero Pinto, University of Seville

Effects on Acceptance, Commitment and Awareness of Influence of Parents of Babies With Down Syndrome, After Participation in a Course of Infant Massage. Study on the Spanish Population.

This study aims to analyze whether the course of infant massage serves as a tool to improve acceptance, commitment and awareness of influence of parents of babies with Down syndrome. These variables will be measure before and after the course of infant massage in the experimental group, investigators will make measurements with the same rate in the control group, but they will receive the course after the measurements.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In the present study, investigators propose to study the effects of infant massage in the levels of acceptance, commitment and awareness of influence of parents of babies with Down syndrome. The measuring instrument of acceptance, commitment and awareness of parental influence will be the "This is my baby Interview". Two groups of intervention will be analysed, the experimental, in which parents have participated and applied the knowledge learned in the course of infant massage, and control, which does not receive the infant massage course during the study. Parents and babies of both groups have been evaluated twice, at the beginning of the intervention (pretest) and at the end after five weeks (postest). The study population consists of father or mother of 32 infants with Down syndrome between 4 and 8 months old.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

32

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Sevilla, Spain, 41013
        • Elena Piñero Pinto

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parents with babies with Down Syndrome between 4 and 8 months old.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parents with babies without Down Syndrome.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental Group
The parents of this group will receive 5 sessions of infant massage course (1 per week) between two measurements of the variables

Infant massage courses consist of 5 sessions. Investigators explain parents how to make an infant massage technique to their babies and which should be the general conditions of the environment.

This massage is based on the methodology of the International Association of infant massage (IAIM) created by Vimala Schnneider. The courses will make individually.

No Intervention: Control Group
The parents of this group will not receive infant massage course (1 per week) between two measurements of the variables. They will receive it after two measurements.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from Acceptance
Time Frame: At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)
Measure by "This is my baby" Interview
At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change fron Commitment
Time Frame: At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)
Measure by "This is my baby" Interview
At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from Conscience of Influence
Time Frame: At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)
Measure by "This is my baby" Interview
At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: PIÑERO PINTO, PhD, University of Seville

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 3, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 15, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

April 20, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 20, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 20, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

April 24, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 27, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 25, 2017

Last Verified

April 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • EPinto - USeville

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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