NCT02048202

Medical Clowning in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Their Effects on Parents and Staff

Effects of Medical Clowning (Dream Doctors) on the Development of the Nervous System and the Relationship Between Preterm Premature Baby Parents and NICU Staff

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study will compare intervention by Infant Aquatics to infant massage. The intervention in both methods will start at 36 weeks gestational age for 3 months and will consist of sessions with a therapist every 2 weeks. Development will be assessed and compared at 3, 8 and 18 months using Infant Motor Pattern method, Griffith developmental scales and Vineland adaptive behavior scales.

Detailed description

Preterm infants, a continuously growing population, are at high risk for neurodevelopment impairments ranging from minor neurological dysfunction (MND) to cerebral palsy (CP), mainly due to developmental brain injury. Infant Aquatics have been found to benefit and promote infant development. The support and sensory stimulation of the water may improve the development the sensory, motor, as well as, autonomic system of preterm infants.

Conditions

• Premature Neonate

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2014-01-29
• Last updated: 2015-05-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel