Sensory Optimization of the Hospital Environment
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Conditions studied: Preterm, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Development, Infant, Sensory Integration Dysfunction
In brief
The long-term goal of this project is to improve the health and well-being of preterm infants and their parents. Although there is evidence to support positive multisensory interventions in the NICU, these interventions are often applied in an inconsistent manner, reducing their benefit. Through a rigorous and scientific process, we have developed a structured multisensory intervention program, titled Supporting and Enhancing NICU Sensory Experiences (SENSE), which includes specific doses and targeted timing of evidence-based interventions such as massage, auditory exposure, rocking, holding, and skin-to-skin care. The interventions are based on the infant's developmental stage and are adapted based on the infant's medical status and behavioral cues. The multisensory interventions are designed to be conducted during each day of NICU hospitalization by the parents, who are educated and supported to provide them. The proposed work aims to determine the effect of multisensory interventions on parent mental health, parent-child interaction, brain activity (amplitude integrated electroencephalography), and infant developmental outcomes through age 2 years, with specific attention to language outcome.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05230199
- Run by
- University of Southern California
- People needed
- 215
- Starts
- 2023-05-29
- Expected to finish
- 2028-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-17
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- ≤ 32 weeks estimated gestational age (EGA)
- recruited within the first week of life
You may not qualify if…
- > 32 weeks EGA at birth
- >7 days old
- become wards of the state
- have a suspected or confirmed congenital anomaly
- face a high immediate threat of death, per the opinion of the attending physician.
Where it is running
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States (enrolling)
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