Move and Play Programme: Perceptions of Paediatric Physiotherapists and Parents of Infants.
Natália Guimarães Melo, Nayara Rodrigues Gomes de Oliveira, Vanessa Cordeiro de Sousa and 1 others
209 paediatric physiotherapists and 100 parents rated a set of infant development videos as clear, practical, and easy to use at home.
This is a perception survey — it shows the videos are well-received, not that they improve a baby's development.
Key findings
1Both physiotherapists and parents predominantly rated the videos as fully appropriate in presentation, content, and clarity of objectives.
2Physiotherapists rated how well families would understand the activities at 9.3 out of 10; parents rated the instructions as clear after one viewing at 9.6 out of 10.
3The programme consists of 59 educational videos organised into four age bands (0–3, 4–6, 7–9, 10–12 months) across five developmental categories, each averaging about 1 minute 44 seconds.
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What it does not show
89% of parents were from the Central-West region of Brazil, so the sample is not representative of the whole country. A high proportion of participants held postgraduate qualifications, which may have made the material easier to understand than it would be for less-educated families. Some participants dropped out before completing the questionnaires, and the reasons were not formally assessed. Videos were assigned to parents without matching the child's actual age, so a parent of a 2-month-old might have been asked to rate a video aimed at a 10-month-old. The study measured only perceptions of quality and usability. No infant developmental outcomes were assessed, so there is no evidence the videos change a child's motor progress.
Declared interests
The lead author received a scholarship from CAPES (a Brazilian government agency for higher-education funding). The authors declare no conflicts of interest. No commercial company funded, designed, or wrote the study.
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