Does skin-to-skin contact reduce stress during diaper change in preterm infants?

Early Human Development

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 169-172

  Lyngstad, Lene Tandle ^a,b   Tandberg, Bente Silnes ^a,b   Storm, Hanne ^c   Ekeberg, Birgitte Lenes ^a,b   Moen, Atle ^a,b  

^a Drammen Hospital   (Norway)

^b Vestre Viken Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diaper change; Kangaroo Mother Care; NICU; Preterm infant; Routine care giving tasks; Skin to skin contact; Stress

Indexed keywords

DIAPER CHANGE; KANGAROO MOTHER CARE; NICU; PRETERM INFANT; ROUTINE CARE GIVING TASKS; SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT; STRESS;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIAPERS, INFANT; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOUCH;

EID: 84894472975     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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