Clinical trials: Nonverbal Communication
Pain, Procedural, Pain, Acute
Effect of Reflexology on Pain Management in Newborns
Introduction: Approximately 10-14 painful procedures per day are performed in preterm and term infants during the hospital stay in the first week.
- Conditions
- Pain, Procedural, Pain, Acute, Analgesia
- Trial name
- NCT05235893
- Testing
- Reflexology, Sucrose %24, Kangaroo care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Pain, Anxiety
Vibrating, Cold Device for Pediatric Intravenous (IV) Cannulation Pain Relief
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of Buzzy®, a battery-powered reusable device that provides cold and vibration, in reducing the pain associated with intravenous (IV) cannulation.
- Trial name
- NCT01394250
- Testing
- Buzzy, Topical Lidocaine 4% Cream
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Nonverbal and Low Verbal Autism
Melodic-based Communication Therapy for Promoting Spoken Language Development in Individuals With Nonverbal Autism
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of Melodic Based Communication Therapy (M.B.C.T.) for increasing oral expressive skills in nonverbal children with autism spectrum disorders.
- Trial name
- MBCT (NCT04679974)
- Testing
- Melodic-based Communication Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Newborn; Vitality, Pain
The Effect of Mother's Smell and Breast Milk Smell on Pain
The research was planned as a randomized controlled study to investigate the effect of breast milk smell and mother's smell applied while heel blood was taken to term babies in the Mersin City EAH Neonatal Intensive Care Unit…
- Conditions
- Newborn; Vitality, Pain, Crying
- Trial name
- NCT06323551
- Testing
- Mother's Smell, Mother's Breast Milk Smell
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Tarsus University
Stuttering, Down Syndrome
How Stuttering and Gestures Influence the Intelligibility of Individuals With Down Syndrome
This study wants to determine the relationship between spontaneous hand gestures, stuttering and intelligibility in individuals with Down syndrome. One third of these individuals has fluency problems, such as stuttering.
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Down Syndrome, Intelligibility, Speech, Gestures
- Trial name
- NCT03698539
- Testing
- hand gestures
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Infantile Colic
Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Probiotic in Infantile Colic Symptoms Relief
This study evaluates the efficacy of single strain probiotic administered in a form of a sachet in the treatment of infant colic in infants 3-12 weeks old.
- Trial name
- PIXAR (NCT05432479)
- Testing
- Probiotic
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, India
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Sign Language Skills, Teacher Practice
Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction Experiment
This RCT study involves teachers divided into an experimental group and a control group. Teachers in the experimental group will receive SISI training to support the sign language development of deaf children, while those in the…
- Trial name
- NCT06729164
- Testing
- Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction, Business-As-Usual Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pain, Acute, Newborn
Effect of Mother's Touch and Nurse's Therapeutic Touch on Pain Level and Crying Time During Heel Blood Collection
This prospective study is planned as a randomized controlled study with the purpose of determining the effect of Mother's Touch and Nurse's Therapeutic Touch on pain levels and crying times by newborns during heel blood…
- Conditions
- Pain, Acute, Newborn, Crying
- Trial name
- NCT06350084
- Testing
- Mother's Touch, Nurse's Therapeutic Touch
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Pain, Fear
The Effect of the Helfer Skin Tap and Buzzy Application on Vaccination Pain, Fear and Crying Duration
To minimize the pain and discomfort during vaccination, one of three different methods will be used. One method involves using 'Buzzy,' a small, bee-shaped device that provides vibration and a cooling sensation; another involves…
- Conditions
- Pain, Fear, Crying
- Trial name
- NCT07749235
- Testing
- Bee Buzzy, Helfer Skin TAp
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Ege University
Premenstrual Syndrome, Laughter
Premenstrual Syndrome and Laughter Yoga
In addition to physical and emotional effects, premenstrual syndrome can negatively affect the participation in classes, school success, social activities and family relationships of young adolescents in high school.
- Trial name
- NCT06382090
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Infantile Colic
CHiropractic for Infantile Colic Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a course of chiropractic treatment has a significant impact on the natural course of infantile colic, specifically: 1.
- Trial name
- CHIC (NCT02138656)
- Testing
- Chiropractic, Best Standard Care
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
Laughter Yoga, Midwifery
Midwifery Students and Laughter Yoga
No study was found as a result of the literature review. It is thought that laughter yoga will affect the life satisfaction and sleep quality of individuals due to reasons such as increasing oxygen saturation in the blood…
- Conditions
- Laughter Yoga, Midwifery, Life Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT05773599
- Testing
- laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Healthy, Laughter
Effects of Laughter Yoga Practiced by Nursing Students Before Clinical Practice
Aim: We conducted this randomized controlled study to determine the effect of laughter yoga practiced by first year nursing students before clinical practice on their perceptions of stress and meaning of life.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Laughter, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06042959
- Testing
- Laughter therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manisa Celal Bayar University
Colic
An Intervention to Decrease Infant Crying
This is a study looking at the Happiest Baby on the Block technique. The investigators hypothesized that infants of mothers given a 30 minute videotape demonstrating the Happiest Baby on the Block technique would fuss/cry less…
- Trial name
- NCT00796523
- Testing
- Happiest Baby videotape, control videotape
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riverside Methodist Hospital
Child Development Disorders, Specific, Developmental Communication Disorders
Improvised Music to Enhance Intensive Interaction Version 1
The project will investigate the effectiveness of a specialised musical-clinical approach used as an adjunct to an established non-musical intervention in the enhancement of interpersonal interaction.
- Trial name
- NCT03188016
- Testing
- Intensive Interaction with Music, Standard Intensive Interaction
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Sponsor
- Beacon Hill Academy
Social Interaction
Oxytocin and Non-verbal Communication
In this protocol registration, the investigators plan a secondary data analysis of a dataset to explore the effects of intra-nasal oxytocin on the non-verbal expression of affiliation.
- Trial name
- NCT03228901
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech
Video Assisted Speech Technology to Enhance Motor Planning for Speech
Nearly 3.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a communication disorder that causes skill limitations in the areas of language acquisition, sensory integration, and behavior.
- Trial name
- VAST (NCT04764539)
- Testing
- Video Assisted Speech Therapy (VAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- iTherapy, LLC
Deafness, Hearing Loss
Family ASL: Longitudinal Study of Deaf Children and Hearing Parents Who Receive Services to Support the Learning of ASL
This study examines the development of American Sign Language by deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children and their parents.
- Trial name
- FASL (NCT04988451)
- Testing
- ASL Services
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Teaching Behaviors, Sign Language Skills
Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
Strategic and interactive approaches driven by sociocultural, cognitive, and language theories have accumulated a large body of evidence documenting improvements in more complex oral and written language skills.
- Trial name
- SISI (NCT06667102)
- Testing
- Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sign Language Skills
Pre- and Post- Descriptive Data of Language Outcomes in Deaf Children
Deaf children between ages of 4-10 will provide pre and post data by responding to three prompts in sign language and written language at the beginning and end of a year.
- Trial name
- NCT06724523
- Testing
- Business-as-usual instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville