関連する実験動画
Updated: Jan 7, 2026

Transcutaneous Microcirculatory Imaging in Preterm Neonates
Published on: December 31, 2015
早産児における乳幼児の触れ合いが成長関連指標に及ぼす影響
Man Guo1, Qiuying Du2, Qingqing Yang3
1Man Guo, Department of Pediatrics, Maternity & Child Care Center of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao 066000, Hebei, China.
Objective:
To investigate the effects of infant touch on the growth and development of preterm infants.
Methodology:
This was a retrospective study which included sixty-four preterm infants admitted to Maternity & Child Care Center of Qinhuangdao from June 2023 to May 2024 were recruited as study subjects and randomly assigned into the control group (n=32) and the observation group (n=32). The preterm infants in the control group received conventional monitoring measures, while those in the observation group received additional infant touch twice a day for 20 minutes each time for two months on top of the control group.. The physical development, and sleep quality indexes of preterm infants 60 days after birth were statistically compared.
Results:
At day 60 of life, the weight and height of the preterm infants in the observation group were markedly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05), their levels of muscular, visual, linguistic and emotional development were significantly better than those in the control group(P<0.05) and their frequency of nocturnal awakenings and crying duration were notably lower than those in the control group(P<0.05). Moreover, infant touch showed no significant effect on head circumference, hearing and sleep quality of preterm infants at day 60 of life(P>0.05).
Conclusion:
Infant touch boasts of promoting the growth and development of preterm infants in the early stages of life in multiple ways, such as promoting their weight and height growth, vision, language and emotion and enhancing their sleep quality.
関連する概念動画
Techniques of therapeutic communication I: Active Listening, Sharing Observations, Validation, and Using Touch
Therapeutic communication is not the same as social interaction. Social interaction has no goal or purpose and consists of casual information sharing, whereas therapeutic communication has a plan or purpose for the conversation. Therapeutic...
Responses to Gravity and Touch
Socioemotional Development during Infancy
Primary Temperament Types
Nature and Nurture
Teratogenicity
Attachment

