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Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified March 2005 by Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00105963
First received: March 18, 2005
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last verified: March 2005
History of Changes
  Purpose

This research project seeks to implement an early intervention program that can be effective in the prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) and infant abuse. Our hypothesis is that the Period of PURPLE Crying intervention program can reduce shaking and abuse of infants through changes in knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about early infant crying, especially inconsolable crying. In this 3-year project, we will implement and evaluate an intervention program in selected prenatal classes, hospitals, and primary care pediatric practices.

In this randomized, controlled trial, we will enroll a total of 3000 women/families who are about to give birth or have just given birth to a healthy infant. At each of the three sites (newborn nursery, pediatrician offices and prenatal classes), we will enroll 1000 subjects. Half of all subjects will receive intervention materials (a video, pamphlet and bib/burp cloth) about infant crying. The other half, the control group, will receive comparable materials on infant safety. All subjects will be asked to complete a brief questionnaire at the time of enrollment (pre test), review the materials they receive, complete the Baby’s Day Diary for 4 days when the infant is 5 weeks of age and complete a telephone questionnaire (post test) when the infant is 8 weeks of age.


Condition Intervention
Child Abuse
Shaken Baby Syndrome
 Behavioral: Education about infant crying

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Parents Helping Infants Study: Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and Child Abuse

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Child Abuse
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Knowledge and attitudes about crying, shaking and abuse
  • Caregiver behavior
  • Parenting sense of competence
  • Maternal depression

Estimated Enrollment: 3000
Study Start Date: January 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date: August 2006
Detailed Description:

The specific goals of the program are:

  1. To change the understanding (i.e., knowledge and attitudes) and reduce the frustration of parents of new infants about the normality of the frustrating properties of crying;
  2. To change the behavior of parents to increase caregiving contact in response to crying but to ‘walk away’ if frustrated;
  3. To provide parents with the ability to communicate to other caregivers (relatives, baby-sitters) the knowledge and behavior to reduce frustration induced by inconsolable crying;
  4. To provide effective knowledge, skills and teaching materials to health care providers in direct contact with parents concerning crying, shaking and abuse;
  5. To reduce the incidence of physical abuse and shaken baby syndrome under one year;
  6. To have the Period of PURPLE Crying program adopted as a nationwide early intervention project.
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 4 Weeks
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects must be new parents or parents to be who are either: 1) attending participating prenatal classes; 2) delivering a baby at the participating hospital; or 3) visiting a PSPRN (Puget Sound Pediatric Research Network) pediatrician for infant care.
  • Only parents of infants born at > 34 weeks gestation are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parents of infants who have serious medical conditions.
  • Parents who don’t speak and read English.
  • Parents of infants born at < 34 weeks gestation.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00105963

Locations
United States, Washington
Harborview Injruy Prevention and Research Center Recruiting
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
Contact: Frederick P Rivara, MD     206-744-9449     fpr@u.washington.edu    
Principal Investigator: Frederick P Rivara, MD            
Sub-Investigator: James taylor, MD            
Sub-Investigator: Liliana Lengua, PhD            
Sub-Investigator: Ron Barr, MD            
Sub-Investigator: Marilyn Sandberg, BA            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
Related Info  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00105963     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: HIPRCSBS-01
Study First Received: March 18, 2005
Last Updated: June 23, 2005
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center:
abuse

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Brain Injuries
Craniocerebral Trauma
 Trauma, Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Wounds and Injuries

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 21, 2013