The biobehavioral effects of gentle human touch on preterm infants

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-67

  Modrcin Talbott, Mary Anne ^a   Harrison, Lynda Law ^b   Groer, Maureen W ^c   Younger, Mary Sue ^c  

^a LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Callista Roy; Gentle human touch; Roy adaptation model; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEWBORN; NURSING; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; STRESS; TOUCH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 0037270699     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318402239068     Document Type: Review

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