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Early parental touch and preterm infants.

L L Harrison¹, S Woods

¹University of Alabama, Capstone College of Nursing, Tuscaloosa 35487-0358.

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing : JOGNN

|July 1, 1991

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Area of Science:

Neonatal care
Developmental psychology
Parent-infant interaction

Background:

Parental touch is crucial for infant development.
Understanding touch patterns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is important.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe characteristics of parental touch in the NICU.
To identify factors influencing touch patterns.

Main Methods:

Videotaping 36 parents during visits with preterm infants in the NICU.
Observing and analyzing types, locations, and intensity of touch.

Main Results:

Parents most frequently touched infants' hands, backs, and heads with moderate intensity strokes, holds, or contact.

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Mothers and grandmothers initiated more touch than fathers.

Less touch was observed with infants born at or before 28 weeks of gestational age.

Conclusions:

Parental touch characteristics vary based on caregiver and infant gestational age.
Findings provide a basis for future research on the physiological impact of early parental touch on preterm infants.