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

NCT03126734 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: EPinto - USeville
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Parent-Child Relations

Keywords

Down Syndrome; Acceptance; Commitment; Concience of influence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Acceptance

  Measure by "This is my baby" Interview

  At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change fron Commitment

  At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)

Other Outcomes (1)

• Change from Conscience of Influence

  At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks)

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The parents of this group will receive 5 sessions of infant massage course (1 per week) between two measurements of the variables

Other: Infant Massage course

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

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.

Interventions

Infant Massage course OTHER

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.

Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• Parents with babies without Down Syndrome.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Seville: lead

Study Sites (1)

Elena Piñero Pinto

Seville, 41013, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Down Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Intellectual Disability; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Abnormalities, Multiple; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Chromosome Disorders; Genetic Diseases, Inborn

Study Officials

• PIÑERO PINTO, PhD

  University of Seville

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 20, 2017
• First Posted: April 24, 2017
• Study Start: March 3, 2017
• Primary Completion: March 15, 2017
• Study Completion: April 20, 2017
• Last Updated: April 27, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)