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Effectiveness of a Baby App for Enhancing Infant Mental Well-being (RCT)
Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Summary
This RCT aims to design and develop a developmental guidance program delivered by a smartphone app "Happy Baby HK" and evaluate its effectiveness for enhancing the mental well-being of recently born infants in Hong Kong. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of the improvement in the effect of infants and decrease of risk of developmental delay in very young children. The smartphone app "Happy Baby HK" will be designed and developed by different professionals. Then, participants will be invited to use this app or the MCHC parenting booklet. They will also be invited to fill in some questionnaires at 6, 12 and 18 months postpartum to screen the developmental stages. Researchers will compare the intervention group and the control group to evaluate the effectiveness of this app for enhancing the mental well-being of infants.
Official title: Effectiveness of a Technology-based Developmental Guidance Program for Enhancing Infant Mental Well-being: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
1 Day - 18 Months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
586
Start Date
2025-04-01
Completion Date
2027-12-31
Last Updated
2025-03-28
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Smartphone app "Happy Baby HK"
"Happy Baby HK" will provide developmental stage, developmental aspects, parenting videos and cartoon images created for new mothers.
Family Health Service parenting booklet
The parenting booklet is publicly available and provides brief caretaking tips for mothers with children under 3 years of age.
Locations (1)
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong