Trial reportJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2015
Influence of H-HOPE intervention for premature infants on growth, feeding progression and length of stay during initial hospitalization.
Trial report in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Multisensory stimulation for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- First Brazilian recommendation on physiotherapy with sensory motor stimulation in newborns and infants in the intensive care unit.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaPooled it
- An Internet-Based and Mobile Family Management Intervention for Mothers of Very Preterm Infants Hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (the Preemie Progress Program): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Socio-demographic factors related to parent engagement in the NICU and the impact of the SENSE program.Early human development · 2021Trial
- Effect of infant stimulation on the adaptation to birth: a randomized trial.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2019Trial
- Maternal weight status and responsiveness to preterm infant behavioral cues during feeding.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2017Trial
- Impact of the H-HOPE multisensory behavioural intervention plus Kangaroo Mother Care on early growth in preterm infants in Malawi.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Parents+: An Early Behavioral Intervention as a Pathway for Parent-Partnered Care.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · 2025Article
- Parents' Experiences With an Early Behavioral Intervention, H-HOPE, in the NICU and at Home: A Qualitative Study.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · 2025Article
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- NICU sensory experiences associated with positive outcomes: an integrative review of evidence from 2015-2020.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Review
- The H-HOPE behavioral intervention plus Kangaroo Mother Care increases mother-preterm infant responsivity in Malawi: a prospective cohort comparison.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Evidence-Based Consensus Recommendations for Skin Care in Healthy, Full-Term Neonates in India.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2023Article
- Infant stimulation reduces weight loss and increases breastfeeding: a randomized controlled trial.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeria · 2022Article
- Protocol for implementation of an evidence based parentally administered intervention for preterm infants.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Safety and efficacy of probiotic administration to preterm infants: ten common questions.Pediatric research · 2020Review
- A pilot study demonstrating the impact of the supporting and enhancing NICU sensory experiences (SENSE) program on the mother and infant.Early human development · 2020Article
- Randomized controlled trial protocol to improve multisensory neural processing, language and motor outcomes in preterm infants.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Enhancing sensory experiences for very preterm infants in the NICU: an integrative review.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2017Review
- Recommendations for involving the family in developmental care of the NICU baby.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine whether premature infants receiving the maternally administered H-HOPE (Hospital to Home Transition-Optimizing Premature Infant's Environment) intervention had more rapid weight gain and growth, improved feeding progression and reduced length of hospital stay, compared with controls. STUDY
designPremature infants born at 29-34 weeks gestational age and their mothers with at least two social-environmental risk factors were randomly assigned to H-HOPE intervention (n=88) or an attention control (n=94) groups. H-HOPE consists of a 15-min multisensory intervention (Auditory, Tactile, Visual and Vestibular stimuli) performed twice daily prior to feeding plus maternal participatory guidance on preterm infant behavioral cues.
resultH-HOPE group infants gained weight more rapidly over time than infants in the control group and grew in length more rapidly than control infants, especially during the latter part of the hospital stay.
conclusionFor healthy preterm infants, the H-HOPE intervention appears to improve weight gain and length over time from birth to hospital discharge.
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