new article I came across,
Somatic growth of preterm infants during skin-to-skin care versus
traditional holding: a randomized, controlled trial.
Rojas MA, Kaplan M, Quevedo M, Sherwonit E, Foster LB, Ehrenkranz RA, Mayes
L. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2003 Jun;24(3):163-8.
Department of Pediatrics, Childre's Hospitak at Yale-New Haven, Connecticut,
USA. [log in to unmask]
We performed this randomized trial to determine whether infants receiving
skin-to-skin care (SSC) grew more rapidly and had a shorter duration of hospital
stay compared with infants held by their parents in a traditional way.
Infants who met eligibility criteria (<or=32 wk of gestation, <or=1500 g, minimal
ventilatory support, and hemodynamically stable) were randomized to traditional
holding (TH) or SSC groups. Parents in both groups were allowed to hold
infants for a total of 8 hours per day (periods of up to 4 hr, twice/d). During the
study, infants in the TH group were held 4.8 +/- 3.5 times per week and 76 +/-
39 minutes per day, and infants in the SSC group were held 4.0 +/- 2.8 times
per week and 79 +/- 40 minutes per day. No significant differences were
observed in weight accretion or linear growth. However, exposure to SSC was
associated with greater head growth, even after controlling for head circumference at
birth (p =.03). SSC may increase the likelihood of successful breastfeeding.
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