Correction to: Very preterm infants engage in an intervention to train their control of attention: results from the feasibility study of the attention control training (ACT) randomised trial

Perra, Oliver; Wass, Sam; McNulty, Alison; Sweet, David G.; Papageorgiou, Kostas A.; Johnston, Matthew; Bilello, Delfina; Patterson, Aaron; Alderdice, Fiona

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“…infants’ soothing in response to parental talking). Parents were not told whether their child was receiving the treatment or the active control procedure, and the results we reported in a previous paper [ 37 , 38 ] showed that parents did not accurately guess in which group their child had been allocated: we thus argue it is unlikely that parental ratings were biased by their awareness of group allocation. Overall, these findings suggest treated infants being able to focus attention during their interactions with the environment.…”

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“…This is the first study that trained VP infants’ attention control. Previous analyses indicated it is possible to recruit and retain VP infants and engage them in the training [ 37 , 38 ]. Conversely, the analyses of infants’ performance in different tasks presented in this paper are important in providing initial estimates concerning the potential for improving early key cognitive abilities of this at-risk group.…”

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“…Trained and control infants cumulative average duration of procedures completed were 84 min ( SD = 9.11) and 75 min ( SD = 8.60) respectively. More information on completion and engagement in the intervention and control tasks is provided in Supplementary Materials (SM)–Section 2 in S1 File , as well as a previous publication [ 37 , 38 ]: analyses reported in the latter paper indicated that VP infants engaged with the training adequately.…”

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“…The study protocol and the feasibility outcomes have been described in previous publications [ 36 – 38 ]. Infants were allocated randomly to the ACT or a control procedure.…”

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“…We conducted a study to test the feasibility of delivering the ACT to VP infants [ 36 ]: in a previous study [ 37 , 38 ] we presented the main results concerning feasibility (e.g. recruitment and retention): these results indicated that infants engaged in the training and assessments.…”

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Attention and social communication skills of very preterm infants after training attention control: Bayesian analyses of a feasibility study

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Background Very preterm (VP) infants (born 28 to <32 weeks of gestation) are at risk of cognitive delays and lower educational attainments. These risks are linked to anomalies in attention and information processing that emerge in the first years of life. Early interventions targeting attention functioning may equip VP infants with key building blocks for later attainments. Methods We tested the feasibility of a randomised trial where VP infants took part in a computerised cognitive procedure to train attention control. Ten healthy VP infants aged approximately 12 months (corrected age) and randomly allocated with 1:1 ratio to the training (interactive computerised presentations) or an active control procedure completed the study. Before and after the training programme, participating infants completed a battery of screen-based attention tests, naturalistic attention and communication tasks, and temperament assessments. In a previous study we analysed the data concerning feasibility (e.g. recruitment and retention). In the paper presented here we considered the infants’ performance and used Bayesian regression in order to provide credible treatment estimates considering the data collected. Results Estimates indicate moderate treatment effects in visual memory: compared to controls, trained infants displayed improvements equivalent to 0.59 SD units. Trained infants also improved in their abilities to attend to less salient stimuli presentations by 0.82 SD units, compared to controls. However, results did not indicate relevant gains in attention habituation or disengagement. We also reported moderate improvements in focused attention during naturalistic tasks, and in directing other people’s attention to shared objects. Discussion The results warrant further investigation concerning the effectiveness of training attention control in VP infants, extending this line of research beyond our small and homogeneous sample of healthy VP infants. This study also emphasises the utility of Bayesian approaches in estimating potentially relevant effects in small samples or exploratory studies. The scope for further research on early attention control training is discussed in light of studies indicating VP children’s susceptibility to positive environmental inputs. Trial registration Registration ID: NCT03896490. Retrospectively registered at Clinical Trials Protocol Registration and Results System (clinicaltrials.gov).

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“…The study protocol and the feasibility outcomes have been described in previous publications [ 36 – 38 ]. Infants were allocated randomly to the ACT or a control procedure.…”

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Correction to: Very preterm infants engage in an intervention to train their control of attention: results from the feasibility study of the attention control training (ACT) randomised trial

Abstract: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

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Attention and social communication skills of very preterm infants after training attention control: Bayesian analyses of a feasibility study

Attention and social communication skills of very preterm infants after training attention control: Bayesian analyses of a feasibility study

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