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Trial reportFrontiers in public health2022

The positive effect of mother-performed infant massage on infantile eczema and maternal mental state: A randomized controlled trial.

Lin Lin, Lin Yu, Shuying Zhang, Jing Liu, Ying Xiong

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Effect of Vimala infant massage on mothers with postpartum depression].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
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  10. Improving Psychological Health Outcomes in Children with Atopic Dermatitis.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lin LinAcupuncture and Massage College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Lin YuAcupuncture and Massage College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Shuying ZhangAcupuncture and Massage College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jing LiuPediatric Massage Department, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Ying XiongAcupuncture and Massage College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNJiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To observe the influence of MPIM on infantile eczema, quality of life, growth and maternal mental state. Methods: This trial was a randomized controlled study. Sixty-six full-term infants with eczema were randomly divided into eczema control group (EC group, Results: Overall, 31 cases in HC group, 31 in EC group and 32 in EM group were included for data analysis. There were no significant differences in the indexes of infantile growth among the three groups (all Conclusion: MPIM could effectively promote the remission of infantile eczema and reduce its relapse, along with relieving maternal anxiety and depression mood. Clinical trial registration: Identifier: ChiCTR2200066246.

Indexed as

Dermatitis, AtopicEczemaChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansInfantMassageMothersQuality of Lifeanxietydepressionfamily massageinfant eczemapostpartum

Identifiers

PMID36711419
PMCPMC9875301
OpenAlexW4315498475

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