Newborn Abdominal Massage to Prevent Hyperbilirubinemia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Status: Active_not_recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure, Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The proposed study will incorporate an intervention previously un-studied in the US healthcare setting for prevention of hyperbilirubinemia
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Maximum Age: 2 days
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Newborn admitted to the well newborn/postpartum care unit at UC Davis Medical Center
• Less than 48 hours of age at enrollment
Locations
United States
California
University of California-Davis
Sacramento
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-08-01
Completion Date: 2026-06-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Experimental: Massage Intervention
Families will be instructed to provide parent-provided newborn abdominal massage three times per day through 5 days of life
Other: Attention Control Intervention
Families will be provided with information about reading with baby.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Leads: University of California, Davis