Profile of Newborn Undergoing Early Stimulation in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Motor Skills Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Profile of Newborn Undergoing Early Stimulation in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01660178
• Other study ID #: FDAAA
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 1, 2012
• Last updated: August 7, 2012
• Start date: January 2011
• Est. completion date: June 2011

Study information

• Verified date: August 2012
• Source: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To describe the profile of newborns undergoing early stimulation in a neonatal intensive care unit, characterizing the study population, according to its variables and neonatal risk factors, indications for treatment of early stimulation.

Description:

Objective: To describe the profile of newborns undergoing early stimulation in a neonatal intensive care unit, characterizing the study population, according to its variables and neonatal risk factors, indications for treatment of early stimulation.

Methods: It was conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional and analytical study carried out in the General Hospital Dr. Cesar calls, from July to December 2010. The sample consisted of 116 medical records of newborns indicated for the treatment of early stimulation, representing (9.2%). The study excluded seven infants who had some type of congenital malformation. It was used the following variables: weight, sex, gestational age, Apgar score, diagnosis of Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Intracranial Hemorrhage and the use of mechanical ventilation and CPAP.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

All cases of newborns who were admitted to the NICU and were referred for treatment of early stimulation

Exclusion Criteria:

all records relating to incomplete study variables and newborns who had a congenital malformation.

Study Design

Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Motor Skills Disorders

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro