Socio-Emotional Development in Preterm Infants

NCT00917475 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 200904054R
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

With advances in medicine and medical technology, premature infants born as early as 24 weeks of gestation and with birth weight less than 1000 grams are surviving today. Preterms are born with immature biological systems. Given their biological vulnerabilities, preterm infants are at risk for a variety of health and developmental problems. As a group, preterms show developmental delays in physical growth, motor skills, attention, social communicative skills, intelligence, language, academic performance, and later behavior problems. Furthermore, research indicates that preterms are difficult social partners for their parents. Despite biological insults and relational difficulties, research also shows that the development of premature infants appears to be facilitated by sensitive and responsive parenting. Little attention, however, has been paid to understand the social risks faced by preterm infants. The proposed research, therefore, is designed to:

1. 1.understand the extent to which neurophysiological risk may affect preterm infants' socioemotional development,
2. 2.explore the role of maternal social support, sociopsychological stress, and perception of infant vulnerability in the socioemotional development of preterm infants varying in biological risk,
3. 3.examine the role of social support in buffering stress in mothers of preterm infants, and
4. 4.evaluate the role of maternal stress, coping, and support in preterm infants' socioemotional development.

Conditions

Preterm Infants

Keywords

preterm infants

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• quality of mother-infant interaction

  term age and 12 months of corrected age

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• maternal parenting efficacy

  term age and 12 months of corrected age

Study Arms (1)

Preterm infants

birth weight\<1500 grams and gestational age\<30 weeks

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Infants born prematurely with no significant congenital problems (e.g., cleft palate, cardiac malformations) and their mothers ages 18 to 40.

You may qualify if:

• preterm infants

You may not qualify if:

• significant congenital problems

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead
• University of Georgia: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Hui-Chin Hsu, Ph.D.

  University of Georgia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Suh-Fang Jeng, Ph.D.

CONTACT

(02)33668132; jeng@ntu.edu.tw

Hui-Chin Hsu, Ph.D.

CONTACT

(706) 542-2636; hchin@uga.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 8, 2009
• First Posted: June 10, 2009
• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: December 1, 2011
• Last Updated: January 29, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-01

Locations

TW (1)