ReviewJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2023
NICU sensory experiences associated with positive outcomes: an integrative review of evidence from 2015-2020.
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- The MIND Randomized Controlled Trial: An Intervention to Improve Neural Speech Processing and 2-Year Language Outcomes of Infants Born Preterm.The Journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Randomized trial evaluating sensorimotor stimulation and functional feeding in high-risk newborns: study protocol.Pediatric research · 2026Trial
- Language and sound exposure across neonatal intensive care hospitalization and relationships with early outcome.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Neurodevelopmental care across pediatric critical care settings: toward brain-focused critical care.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Subclinical but significant: A multi-informant comparative study on early socio-emotional difficulties in preterm preschoolers.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- The Healing Hermeneutics of Carnal Caring in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals · 2026Article
- A study protocol exploring synchrony between mother infant and therapist during shared reading with preterm infants in a neonatal unit.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The auditory environment drives superior temporal sulcus depth in the neonatal period.Brain structure & function · 2025Article
- Immediate Skin-to-Skin Contact at Very Preterm Birth and Neurodevelopment the First Two Years: Secondary Outcomes from a Randomised Clinical Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Description and evidence on the supporting and enhancing neonatal intensive care unit sensory experiences (SENSE) program.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Review
- Refractory agitation in the NICU: challenges in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Enhancing Sensory Experiences for Infants Born Preterm: A Quality Improvement Project.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2024Review
- Parental impact during and after neonatal intensive care admission.Seminars in perinatology · 2024Review
- Supporting and Enhancing NICU Sensory Experiences (SENSE), 2nd Edition: An Update on Developmentally Appropriate Interventions for Preterm Infants.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
To inform changes to the Supporting and Enhancing NICU Sensory Experiences (SENSE) program, studies investigating sensory-based interventions in the NICU with preterm infants born ≤32 weeks were identified. Studies published between October 2015 to December 2020, and with outcomes related to infant development or parent well-being, were included in this integrative review. The systematic search used databases including MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar. Fifty-seven articles (15 tactile, 9 auditory, 5 visual, 1 gustatory/olfactory, 5 kinesthetic, and 22 multimodal) were identified. The majority of the sensory interventions that were identified within the articles were reported in a previous integrative review (1995-2015) and already included in the SENSE program. New evidence has led to refinements of the SENSE program, notably the addition of position changes across postmenstrual age (PMA) and visual tracking starting at 34 weeks PMA.
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