Parent-Child Relations
Conditions
Keywords
Down Syndrome, Acceptance, Commitment, Concience of influence
Brief summary
This study aims to analyze whether the course of infant massage serves as a tool to improve acceptance, commitment and awareness of influence of parents of babies with Down syndrome. These variables will be measure before and after the course of infant massage in the experimental group, investigators will make measurements with the same rate in the control group, but they will receive the course after the measurements.
Detailed description
In the present study, investigators propose to study the effects of infant massage in the levels of acceptance, commitment and awareness of influence of parents of babies with Down syndrome. The measuring instrument of acceptance, commitment and awareness of parental influence will be the This is my baby Interview. Two groups of intervention will be analysed, the experimental, in which parents have participated and applied the knowledge learned in the course of infant massage, and control, which does not receive the infant massage course during the study. Parents and babies of both groups have been evaluated twice, at the beginning of the intervention (pretest) and at the end after five weeks (postest). The study population consists of father or mother of 32 infants with Down syndrome between 4 and 8 months old.
Interventions
OTHERInfant Massage course
Infant massage courses consist of 5 sessions. Investigators explain parents how to make an infant massage technique to their babies and which should be the general conditions of the environment. This massage is based on the methodology of the International Association of infant massage (IAIM) created by Vimala Schnneider. The courses will make individually.
Sponsors
University of Seville
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Parents with babies with Down Syndrome between 4 and 8 months old.
Exclusion criteria
* Parents with babies without Down Syndrome.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Acceptance | At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks) | Measure by This is my baby Interview |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change fron Commitment | At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks) | Measure by This is my baby Interview |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Conscience of Influence | At the start and the end of the study (5 weeks) | Measure by This is my baby Interview |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed