An interventional study of Finger puppet and Bookworm reading intervention training and routine EDI care. in Child Development, Infant Development and Infant, Premature, Diseases, sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 1 Week to 17 Weeks. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-29.
Sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study will test the hypothesis that in preterm infants a caregiver-implemented early developmental intervention (EDI) using finger puppets to develop joint attention and encourage interactive communication with routine EDI care including Bookworm training compared with routine EDI care including Bookworm training alone will increase the Ages and Stages Questionnaire® score at 12 months corrected age.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Caregivers of infants in the intervention group will receive finger-puppets and additional training pertaining to infant parent interaction and developmentally appropriate infant communication training.
Behavioral: Finger puppet · Behavioral: Bookworm reading intervention training and routine EDI care.
All study participants will receive Bookworm reading intervention training and routine EDI care.
Behavioral: Bookworm reading intervention training and routine EDI care.
The intervention group will receive finger-puppets and additional training pertaining to infant parent interaction and developmentally appropriate infant communication training.
Routine EDI care including Bookworm training.
ASQ-3 scores
Ages and Stages Questionnaires 3rd Edition
Time frame: 12 months corrected age
ASQ-3 scores
Ages and Stages Questionnaires 3rd Edition
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
ASQ scores below -2SD
Ages and Stages Questionnaires 3rd Edition
Time frame: 12 months corrected age
ASQ scores below -2SD
Ages and Stages Questionnaires 3rd Edition
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
ASQ scores below -1SD
Ages and Stages Questionnaires 3rd Edition
Time frame: 12 months corrected age
ASQ scores below -1SD
Ages and Stages Questionnaires 3rd Edition
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
ASQ-SE2 scores
Ages and Stages Questionnaires 3rd Edition
Time frame: 12 months corrected age
ASQ-SE2 scores
Ages and Stages Questionnaires 3rd Edition
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
Severe neurodevelopmental impairment
Composite outcome based on BSID scores, GMFCS, Vision, Hearing
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
Moderate or severe neurodevelopmental impairment
Composite outcome based on BSID-IV scores, GMFCS, Vision, Hearing
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
Cognitive Composite Score on BSID-IV
Bayley's Scales of Infant Development IV cognitive composite score
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
Language Composite Score on BSID-IV
Bayley's Scales of Infant Development IV language composite score
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
Motor Composite Score on BSID-IV
Bayley's Scales of Infant Development IV motor composite score
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Maternal scores on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Time frame: 6 months
MCHAT score
Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers
Time frame: 24 months corrected age
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