Comparing methods of recording crying behaviour. a crossover study.
Item
- Title
- Comparing methods of recording crying behaviour. a crossover study.
- Author(s)
- File, M
- Abstract
- Background: Excessive crying is the most common problem encountered by parents in the first months of life costing the National Health Service (NHS) in excess of E65million per annum. An Infant Crying Diary has been found to be useful in distinguishing between normal and excessive crying, and contemporaneously recorded diaries are more effective than retrospective diaries. Objective: To compare three different methods of completing a Crying Diary and establish whether compliance and latency differed between methods. Design: An experimental quantitative crossover study to compare methods of recording crying behaviour. Methods: A sample of parents of infants ranging from birth to six months old was recruited from patients attending ESOCC. Parents were approached face-to-face with an information sheet. Parents had to possess and be prepared to use a smartphone/tablet device\laptop or personal computer. Those who were not prepared to do this were excluded Three diary formats were used, a paper diary, an online crying diary, and a text messaging diary, and participants were asked to complete 48 hours of each in a pre-selected random order. Post-study a brief online feedback form was given to participants. Results of the 27 volunteers, 16 were first-.time parents and 11 had previous children. Nine parents eventually took part in the study. One participant completed all three types of diary and submitted feedback, six completed the Google forms diary; four completed the paper diary and one the text diary. Two participants gave online feedback and one parent gave feedback verbally. The lag time varied between 13 minutes and 76 hours, as established from the Google forms diary. P value was set at less than 0.05 significance. Discussion: Although there was a high drop.-out rate the results obtained were statistically significant and suggested that paper diaries were the most popular and produced the most compliance. Although paper diaries are in common use medically there are concerns that patients don't always comply with instructions. Conclusion: Paper diaries were the most successful at recording infant crying behaviours. Future studies can use several technological aids, such as "Sleepbot" and "Fitbit", providing the ethical considerations involved can be overcome.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2015
- Date Submitted
- 2.12.2016 16:54:59
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15892
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Infantile colic, Infant fussing and crying, Cry diaries, Diary studies
- Recommended
- 0
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- Thesis
File, M, “Comparing methods of recording crying behaviour. a crossover study.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 1, 2025, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/589