The Effect of a Parent-Directed Program to Improve Infants' Motor Skills

Overview

Journal Int J Environ Res Public Health

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Environmental Health
Public Health

Date 2023 Feb 11

PMID 36767365

Authors

Marlene Rosager Lund Pedersen

Bjarne Ibsen

Danae Dinkel

Niels Christian Moller

Lise Hestbaek

Affiliations

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Abstract

Methods: Parents of infants received a parent-directed program that included guidance from health visitors on ways to promote motor development, videos with motor development activities and a bag with related materials. Two municipalities in Denmark took part in the study (one intervention, one control). Health visitors in both municipalities measured the infants' age-appropriate motor skills once when the infants were between 9-11 months of age. A logistic regression model was used to analyze the data.

Results: No difference was detected in motor development over time in the two municipalities regarding the proportion of children with age-appropriate motor skills.

Conclusions: A parent-directed program in which parents were guided to play and encourage motor development with their infant showed no effect on infants' age-appropriate motor skills at 9-11 months.

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