This report focuses on the changes in infant crying during the intervention. Families that meet the study criteria are randomly assigned to either a control group or intervention group. A separate, trained evaluation team collects measurements at baseline and at pre-specified intervals during the four weeks after implementation of the intervention. The mean age at entry into the study is 4.8 weeks. There was no detectable differences between infants or their parents randomized to the Experimental and Control groups on any baseline outcome measurements.
Infants receiving the intervention cry less immediately following the intervention.
Four weeks post intervention crying is similar in experimental and controls infants. This study is in progress, and preliminary analysis generates many questions. Second, does the parent become less likely to recognize infant cues when they do not have a nurse present for support. Further data collection is necessary to better understand the phenomenon of study.