| Source |
Interview
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| Title |
Elmira Trial Interview
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
400 women recruited during pregnancy.
Collected at registration (before 30th week of pregnancy), and 34th, 36th, 46th, and 48th month and the 15th year of the children’s lives.
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| Sites |
Elmira, New York
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Completed assessments on 81% of those cases originally randomized and on 90% of those women for whom there was no miscarriage, still birth, death (infant, child, or maternal), or child adoption.
Includes Caldwell and Bradley Home Inventory
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Except in a few cases in which women inadvertently disclosed their treatment assignments, all assessments were conducted without awareness of the women’s and children’s treatment assignment. At child’s 15th birthday, child also given short IQ tests in the study offices.
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| Source |
Direct observations of child interactions
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| Title |
Elmira Trial Mother-child in-home observations
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
400 mothers and children.
Collected at 34th and 46th month.
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| Sites |
Elmira, New York
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Completed assessments on 81% of those cases originally randomized and on 90% of those women for whom there was no miscarriage, still birth, death (infant, child, or maternal), or child adoption.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Interviewers completed 7-point scale measuring mother’s warmth, control, and involvement. Observational checklist of safety hazards in the home completed.
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| Source |
Survey
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| Title |
Stanford-Binet Form L-M test of intelligence: Elmira Trial
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Children of 400 mothers.
Collected at 36 and 48 months.
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| Sites |
Elmira, New York
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Completed assessments on 81% of those cases originally randomized and on 90% of those women for whom there was no miscarriage, still birth, death (infant, child, or maternal), or child adoption.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Children were brought to project office and test was administered by school psychologist.
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| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Children’s pediatric and hospital records andChild Protective Services Records: Elmira Trial
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Children of 400 mothers.
Hospital records from birth to 50 month of age.CPS records in New York as well as in the 14 other states to which families had moved during the period between the child’s birth and his/her 15th birthday.
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| Sites |
Elmira, New York
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Completed assessments on 81% of those cases originally randomized and on 90% of those women for whom there was no miscarriage, still birth, death (infant, child, or maternal), or child adoption.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Interview
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| Title |
Memphis Trial Interview
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
1,139 women recruited at pregnancy.
Collected at registration, 28th and 36th week of pregnancy, and 6th, 12th, and 24th month postpartum.
Follow-up interview at age 6.
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| Sites |
Memphis, Tennessee
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
See Table 1, p 645 of JAMA, Vol 278 . No 8, 8/27/97 pp. 644-652, for participation through child age 24 months.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
At intake, women were interviewed to determine their socioeconomic conditions, mental health, personality characteristics, and child-rearing beliefs. Women also completed brief assessments of their intellectual functioning, mental health, and sense of mastery/self-efficacy.
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| |
| Source |
Direct observations of child interactions
|
| Title |
Memphis Trial Mother-child observations
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
1,139 women and their children.
Collected at 6 months postpartum (in-office) and 12 and 24 months postpartum (in-home).
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| Sites |
Memphis, Tennessee
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
See Table 1, p 645 of JAMA, Vol 278 . No 8, 8/27/97 pp. 644-652, for participation through child age 24 months.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Mothers’ behaviors were rated to characterize their sensitivity, responsiveness, and quality of teaching. The children’s’ behaviors were coded and aggregated to characterize their responsiveness to and clarity of communication with their mothers.
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| |
| Source |
Administrative data
|
| Title |
Memphis Trial Medical records of children (i.e. hospitalizations, emergency room visits, outpatient encounters, and immunizations): Memphis Trial
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
Children of 1,139 women.
Collected at 12 and 24 months postpartum.
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| Sites |
Memphis, Tennessee
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
N/A
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| Additional Execution Notes |
Also, AFDC records collected during period between child’s birth and 2nd birthday.
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| |
| Source |
Interview
|
| Title |
Interview: Denver Trial
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
735 women recruited during pregnancy.
Data collection schedule not reported.
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| Sites |
Denver, Colorado
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Not yet available.
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Source |
Developmental assessments/screenings
|
| Title |
Bayley Scales and Achenbach CBC
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| Sample Characteristics/Data Collection |
671 mothers and children.
Children at 24 months; mothers at 24 months.
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| Sites |
Memphis, Tennessee
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| Response Rate/Attrition Notes |
Reported response rate: 96%
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| Additional Execution Notes |
No notes reported.
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