Face Perception and Impact of Surgical Masks in Preterm Infants

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05790187

Acronym

Premask

Enrollment

120

Registered

2023-03-30

Start date

2023-04-01

Completion date

2024-04-01

Last updated

2023-03-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Visual Preference With and Without Mask in Preterm Infant, Visual Preference With and Without Mask in Term Infant

Brief summary

The preferences to masked and unmasked faces is relevant for premature newborns, since Covid-19, most of the faces that surround them during their hospitalization are masked. The Premask project is a continuation of the InfantMask and BabyMask studies (concerning infant and newborn), by studying the visual preferences to masked and unmasked faces of premature newborns.

Interventions

OTHERPresentation of differents face pictures

Test 1: Unmasked face vs. masked face Test 2: Unmasked face up vs. unmasked face down Test 3: Face masked right side vs. face masked reverse

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All preterm infants born before 32SA arriving at term (at≥37SA) hospitalized in the neonatology department of the pediatric hospital of Grenoble and approaching discharge will be included. Of the potential participants meeting the inclusion criteria, those with at least 1 of the following

Exclusion criteria

will not be eligible for inclusion in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
proportion of visual fixation time to photos of masked/non-masked faces.	once, at term (at 37 weeks corrected age)	time of picture visual fixation (seconds)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026