Prospective Randomized Observational Pilot Trial Evaluating the Effect of Different Durations of Interdisciplinary Early Intervention and Family Support in Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Infants (Early Bird Study)

Autor: Bernhard Resch, Claudia Hofbauer-Krug, Jasmin Pansy, Karin Prechtl, Alexander Avian, Ronald Kurz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 8 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00242
Popis: Background: Early childhood intervention (ECI) is a holistic approach for infants with or at risk for psychomotor and/or cognitive and/or behavioral impairment. It aims to optimally support them and positively influence their neurodevelopmental outcome. The right dosage of intervention and when the intervention should start are still to be determined. Hypothesis: Parents are more satisfied when the duration of ECI is longer (120 min once a week) than the usual 90-min session.Methods: We developed a parental questionnaire (both mother and father) that evaluated the level of satisfaction of parents with the intervention. We compared 120 with 90 min of ECI per week during the school year 2017/18. Included were parents of very low birth weight infants (
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