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The Upward and Downward Body Position of the Belly and the development of the premature child

Influences of Body Position on the motor development of preterm infants

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-6q6ck3
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2018-07-09
Start date
2015-09-17
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Premature

Interventions

The intervantion envolves: Through draw of sealed envelopes, the preterms infants will be allocated random in three groups. The first group, for the prone position of the prescription, the second one
Other

Sponsors

Universidade de Franca
Lead Sponsor
Universidade de Franca
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
25 Weeks to 36 Weeks

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Preterm infants; born with under 37 weeks of pregnancy; in the city of Franca, and the beginning of high risk ambulatory monitoring in Franca`s public health system.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The preterm infants (equal or > 37 weeks); infant that have attended only the private health system; infants that are already in process in high risk ambulatory in the public health system; and that ones that didn`t accepted the terms of participation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Expected outcome 1 Presentation of the expected outcome was that the motor function of preterm infants who received intervention of the body positioning was superior to the group without intervention. Prediction of the evaluation of the expected outcome is in the fourth evaluation, considered the last one. Motor development was observed by comparison with normative samples of the Alberta motor scale, considering normal / expected motor performance when it is above 25%.;Result Found 1 Presentation of the outcome was that there was no difference between motor gain among the studied groups of infants born preterm (p> 0.05). Considering the Alberta motor scale, with normal / expected motor performance when it is above 25% and for the analysis the Chi-square test. ;Expected outcome 2 Presentation of the expected outcome was that the control group of the prone positioning intervention presented at the end of the four evaluations a lower number of evaluations with suspected and altered classification. Prediction of the evaluation of the expected outcome is in the fourth evaluation, considered the last one. Considering the Alberta motor scale, with suspect motor performance and changed when it is below 25% and 5%. ;Result Found 2 Presentation of the outcome was that the control group presented at the end of the four evaluations a higher number of evaluations with suspected and altered classification (p <0.01). Considering the Alberta motor scale, with suspect motor performance and changed when it is below 25% and 5% and for the analysis the Chi-square test.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Expected outcome 1 Presentation of the expected outcome was to find an association between the motor gain of preterm infants and some maternal variables. Considering the statistical analysis by means of linear regression.;Result Found 1 Presentation of the secondary endpoint was the significant association between the motor gain of infants and maternal age in the fourth and final evaluation (p = 0.01). Considering the statistical analysis by means of linear regression.;Expected outcome 2 Presentation of the expected outcome was to find an association between the motor gain of preterm infants and some birth characteristic variables. Considering the statistical analysis by means of linear regression.;Result Found 2 Presentation of the secondary outcome was the significant association of motor gain in infants with birth weight in the third evaluation (p = 0.02) and in the second with the length of hospital stay (p = 0.02). Considering the statistical analysis by means of linear regression.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMarisa Brunherotti

Universidade de Franca

brunherotti@uol.com.br+55(16)8112-7768

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)