title: Effectiveness of an intervention for colic.
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.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Utah, 10 South 2000 East, Rm. 410, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Keefe
authors.forename: Marie L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Froese-Fretz
authors.forename: Anne Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kotzer
authors.forename: Gail A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Dudley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003085:Colic / Q000451:nursing*; D003448:Crying; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000523:psychology; D007508:Irritable Mood; D008297:Male; D002666:Psychology, Child