Randomized controlled trial of a home-visiting intervention on infant cognitive development in peri-urban South Africa.
Randomized controlled trial of a home-visiting intervention on infant cognitive development in peri-urban South Africa.
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对南非城郊婴儿认知发展进行家访干预的随机对照试验。
DOI:
10.1111/dmcn.12873
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Tomlinson,Mark
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作者:
Murray,Lynne;Cooper,Peter;Arteche,Adriane;Stein,Alan;Tomlinson,Mark
AimTo determine whether, in an impoverished South African community, an intervention that benefitted infant attachment also benefitted cognitive development.MethodPregnant females were randomized to intervention (n=220) and no‐treatment control groups (n=229). The intervention was home‐based parenting support for attachment, delivered until 6 months postpartum. At 18 months, infants were assessed on attachment and cognitive development (Bayley Scales Mental Development Index [MDI]) (n=127 intervention,n=136 control participants). Infant MDI was examined in relation to intervention, socio‐economic risk, antenatal depression, and infant sex and attachment.ResultsOverall, there was little effect of the intervention on MDI (p=0.094,d=0.20), but there was an interaction between intervention and risk (p=0.03, =0.02). MDI scores of infants of lower risk intervention group mothers were, on average, 4.84 points higher than those of other infants (p=0.002,d=0.41). Antenatal depression was not significant once intervention and risk were controlled (p=0.08); there was no association between infant MDI and either sex (p=0.41) or attachment (p=0.56).InterpretationParenting interventions for infant cognitive development may benefit from inclusion of specific components to support infant cognition beyond those that support attachment, and may be most effective for infants over 6 months. They may need augmentation with other input where adversity is extreme.