Trial reportJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN
Maternal holding of preterm infants during the early weeks after birth and dyad interaction at six months.
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Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Home visits following hospital discharge for families with preterm and low-birthweight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Kangaroo mother care for preterm or low birth weight infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2023Pooled it
- Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Kangaroo Mother Care and Neonatal Outcomes: A Meta-analysis.Pediatrics · 2016Pooled it
- Home visiting and outcomes of preterm infants: a systematic review.Pediatrics · 2013Pooled it
- Key components of early intervention programs for preterm infants and their parents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2013Pooled it
- Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
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- Effects of skin-to-skin contact on full-term infants' stress reactivity and quality of mother-infant interactions.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Trial
- Predictors of Maternal Bonding and Responsiveness for Mothers of Very Preterm Infants.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2022Trial
- The effect of kangaroo ward care in comparison with "intermediate intensive care" on the growth velocity in preterm infant with birth weight <1100 g: randomized control trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2016Trial
- Maternally administered interventions for preterm infants in the NICU: effects on maternal psychological distress and mother-infant relationship.Infant behavior & development · 2014Trial
- Effect of holding on co-regulation in preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial.Early human development · 2014Trial
- Influence of holding practice on preterm infant development.MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursingTrial
- Families as partners in neonatal neuro-critical care programs.Pediatric research · 2024Review
- Early psychosocial parent-infant interventions and parent-infant relationships after preterm birth-a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The clinical experience of early skin-to-skin contact combined with non-nutritive comfort sucking in mothers of preterm infants: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Mothers' Experiences in the NICU Before Family-Centered Care and in NICUs Where It Is the Standard of Care.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · 2020Article
- Self-reported Sensory Hypersensitivity Moderates Association Between Tactile Psychophysical Performance and Autism-Related Traits in Neurotypical Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine whether a supportive nursing intervention that promoted kangaroo holding of healthy preterm infants by their mothers during the early weeks of the infant's life facilitated coregulation between mother and infant at 6 months of age.
designRandomized controlled trial.
participantsSixty-five mother/infant dyads with mean gestational age at birth of 33 weeks. Fifty percent of infants were male, and 50% were non-White.
interventionsAn 8-week home intervention encouraged daily 1-hour, uninterrupted holding with either blanket (baby wrapped in blanket and held in mother's arms) or the kangaroo (baby in skin-to-skin contact on mother's chest) method. In both conditions, weekly home visits by an experienced RN included encouragement to hold the infant, emotional support, and information about infant behavior and development. A control group received brief social visits, had no holding constraints, and participated in all assessments.
main outcome measuresWhen infants were 6 months of age, the Still-Face Paradigm was used to assess mother/infant interaction. Outcome measures were coregulation of the dyad's responses during the play episodes of the Still-Face Paradigm and vitality in infant efforts to reengage the mother during the neutral face portion of the Still-Face Procedure.
resultsSignificant differences among groups were found in mother/infant coregulation. Post hoc analysis showed that dyads who were supported in kangaroo holding displayed more coregulation behavior during play than dyads in the blanket-holding group. No differences were found between groups in infant vitality during the neutral face portion of the Still-Face Procedure.
conclusionDyads supported in practicing kangaroo holding in the early weeks of life may develop more coregulated interactional strategies than other dyads.
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