Measuring and Reducing Excessive Infant Crying

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Conditions studied: Infant Colic, Postpartum Depression

In brief

Excessive infant crying (EIC) is likely to increase the risk of child abuse. The investigators propose a randomized trial using an intervention based on recommendations of Karp. The investigators will systematically identify 170 term infants with EIC and conduct assessments in the home at 6-8 weeks age to test the hypothesis that the intervention reduces mean infant hours of night-time crying, increases maternal soothing behaviors and improves parental anxiety and depression.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01217658

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

28

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-08

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• term, singleton neonates
• otherwise healthy
• parent must have at least a 6th grade understanding of English or Spanish
• infant must have colic (greater than 3 hours of crying per day)
• OR the infant's crying causes excessive stress on the either parent

You may not qualify if…

• cannot have a condition which would reasonably impact alertness or behavior

Where it is running

• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States

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