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- Title
Effectiveness of an intervention for colic.
- Authors
Keefe, Maureen R; Lobo, Marie L; Froese-Fretz, Ann; Kotzer, Anne Marie; Barbosa, Gail A; Dudley, William N
- 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.
- Publication
Clinical pediatrics, 2006, Vol 45, Issue 2, p123
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/000992280604500203