None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study is looking to see if group tummy time exercise classes can be an effective way to promote tummy time. It will also see if there are any positive health effects by infants who engage in tummy time. Approximately 40 mothers and their healthy infants who agree to attend a mother's group will be recruited from the Illawarra region of New South Wales. Participants will be recruited from their home visit with their child and family health nurse. Those who would like to be involved in the study will be randomly assigned to either an intervention (group tummy time exercise class) or a control group (usual care). The measurements to assess the effectiveness of the classes will be the amount of time spent in tummy time by the infants, the infant’s ability to move, their head shape, the amount of sleep and screen time they have and the accuracy of the parents to recall the amount of tummy time the baby has been given. A measurement device that the infant wears around their waist will be used to determine the amount of tummy time the infant receives. They will wear this device for at least 3, 24-hour periods over 1 week. The parents will also be asked to complete a questionnaire which will have questions about their education, where they live, how much knowledge they have about tummy time etc. The group tummy time exercise class will run for about 20 minutes, once per week, for 4 weeks. They will be run by a Physiotherapist. To provide encouragement to attend, build relationships and enhance the learning in the group exercise class, a closed Facebook or WhatsApp group will also be created so mothers can contact each other and share tips and strategies they have found helpful about tummy time during the week.
Interventions
The intervention will consist of a weekly tummy time group exercise class which will be administered by a Physiotherapist. In addition, the early childhood nurse who conducts the mother's groups will provide assistance as required throughout the duration of the class. This program starts with beginner level tummy time exercises (prone on a parent’s chest, being held in prone) and will gradually be upgraded to advanced level tummy time exercises (playing on the floor on their tummy) for increased
The intervention will consist of a weekly tummy time group exercise class which will be administered by a Physiotherapist. In addition, the early childhood nurse who conducts the mother's groups will provide assistance as required throughout the duration of the class. This program starts with beginner level tummy time exercises (prone on a parent’s chest, being held in prone) and will gradually be upgraded to advanced level tummy time exercises (playing on the floor on their tummy) for increased periods of time. Parents will also be informally educated about the benefits tummy time, positions, setting aside time and equipment during these sessions using current research. The class will run for 20 minutes as the end of their local mother’s group sessions which is held at the mother's local early childhood centre. The program will run for 4 weeks and participants will attend once per week. Attendance to the groups will be noted. In addition, to provide encouragement to attend, build relationships and enhance the learning in the group exercise class, a closed Facebook or WhatsApp group will also be created so mothers can contact each other and share tips and strategies they have found helpful during the week.
Sponsors
Early Start, University of Wollongong
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
1 Weeks to 15 Weeks
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Mothers and their healthy infants (does not have a medical condition that affects their functional ability) who attend the mother's group will be recruited (babies aged from birth)
Exclusion criteria
An infant who has a medical condition that affects their functional ability
Outcome results
None listed