| Literature DB >> 16528432 |
Maureen R Keefe1, Marie L Lobo, Ann Froese-Fretz, Anne Marie Kotzer, Gail A Barbosa, William N Dudley.
Abstract
An intervention for infant irritability or colic was evaluated in a randomized clinical trial. A total of 121 full-term irritable infants (2 to 6 weeks old) were randomized to routine care or the home-based intervention program. A third group (n=43) of irritable infants were entered into a post-test-only group. Following the 4-week intervention, the treatment group infants cried 1.7 hours less per day than the infants in the control group (p=0.02). The findings support the emerging view of infant colic as a behavioral pattern that is responsive to environmental modification and structured cue-based care.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16528432 DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500203
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Pediatr (Phila) ISSN: 0009-9228 Impact factor: 1.168