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ArticleBMJ open2023

Study protocol: peer delivered early intervention (Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents for Infants at risk of Cerebral Palsy: LEAP-CP) for First Nation Australian infants at high risk of cerebral palsy - an RCT study.

Katherine Benfer, Roslyn N Boyd, Yvette Roe, Ruth Fagan, Carly Luke, Leeann Mick-Ramsamy, Koa Whittingham, Iona Novak, Margot Bosanquet, Lynda McNamara and 7 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine BenferQueensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia katherine.benfer@uqconnect.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-7252-5063
Roslyn N BoydQueensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Yvette RoeCollege of Nursing and Midwifery, Charles Darwin University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Ruth FaganResearch, Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service, Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia.
Carly LukeQueensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2732-1942
Leeann Mick-RamsamyQueensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Koa WhittinghamQueensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Iona NovakFaculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Margot BosanquetDepartment of Health and Wellbeing, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Lynda McNamaraPhysiotherapy Department, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3797-9278
Gulam KhandakerPublic Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Lucy FogartyDepartment of Physiotherapy, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Yvonne Cadet-JamesResearch, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Bungalow, Queensland, Australia.
Alan RubenChild, Youth, and Family Health, Cape and Torres Strait Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Tracy ComansCentre for Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Anthony SmithCentre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7756-5136
Robert S WareMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6129-6736
The University of Queensland · AUQueensland Health · AUAboriginal Health Council of South Australia · AUCharles Darwin University · AUGriffith University · AUNgaanyatjarra Health Service · AUThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood physical disability with rates approximately 50% higher in First Nations Australian children. This study aims to evaluate a culturally-adapted parent-delivered early intervention programme for First Nations Australian infants at high risk of CP (Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents for infants with CP; LEAP-CP). METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study is a randomised assessor masked controlled trial. Infants with birth/postnatal risk factors will be eligible for screening. Infants at high risk of CP ('absent fidgety' on General Movements Assessment, and/or 'suboptimal score' on the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination) aged 12-52 weeks corrected age will be recruited. Infants and their caregivers will be randomised to receive LEAP-CP (intervention) or health advice (comparator). LEAP-CP is a culturally-adapted programme of 30 home visits delivered by a peer trainer (First Nations Community Health Worker); and includes goal-directed active motor/cognitive strategies, CP learning games and caregiver educational modules. The control arm receives a monthly health advice visit, based on the Key Family Practices, WHO. All infants continue to receive standard (mainstream) Care as Usual. Dual child primary outcomes are Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 (PDMS-2) and Bayley Scales of Infant Development-III. The primary caregiver outcome is the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale. Secondary outcomes include function, goal attainment, vision, nutritional status and emotional availability. SAMPLE SIZE: total of 86 children (43/group) will enable an effect size of 0.65 on the PDMS-2 to be detected (80% power, α=0.05; 10% attrition). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval through Queensland ethics committees and Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Organisation Research Governance Groups, with families providing written informed consent. Findings will be disseminated with guidance from the Participatory Action Research, in collaboration with First Nations communities; peer-reviewed journal publications and national/international conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12619000969167p.

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Cerebral PalsyAustraliaChildEarly Intervention, EducationalHumansInfantLearningParentsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicDevelopmental neurology & neurodisabilityPaediatric neurologyREHABILITATION MEDICINE

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PMID36914182
PMCPMC10016288
OpenAlexW4324101893

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