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1: Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2006 Mar;45(2):123-33.Click here to read Links

Effectiveness of an intervention for colic.

Keefe MR, Lobo ML, Froese-Fretz A, Kotzer AM, Barbosa GA, Dudley WN.

College of Nursing, University of Utah, 10 South 2000 East, Rm. 410, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.

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.

PMID: 16528432 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]