Skin-to-skin contact is associated with earlier breastfeeding attainment in preterm infants
| Autor: | Ylva Thernström Blomqvist, Christine Rubertsson, Maria Gradin, Paola Oras, Eva Lotta Funkquist, Kerstin Hedberg Nyqvist, Lena Hellström-Westas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Skin to skin Breastfeeding Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Child Development 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine integumentary system business.industry Infant Newborn General Medicine Middle Aged Kangaroo-Mother Care Kangaroo-Mother Care Method Breast Feeding Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Infant Premature |
| Zdroj: | Acta Paediatrica. 105:783-789 |
| ISSN: | 0803-5253 |
| Popis: | This study investigated the effects of skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding attainment, duration and infant growth in preterm infants, as this has not been sufficiently explored.A prospective longitudinal study on Kangaroo mother care was carried out, comprising 104 infants with a gestational age of 28 + 0 to 33 + 6 and followed up to one year of corrected age. Parents and staff recorded the duration of skin-to skin contact during the stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Medical data were collected through patient records, and follow-up questionnaires were filled in by parents.The 53 infants who attained full breastfeeding in the NICU did so at a median (range) of 35 + 0 (32 + 1 to 37 + 5) weeks of postmenstrual age, and skin-to-skin contact was the only factor that influenced earlier attainment in the regression analysis (R(2) 0.215 p0.001). The daily duration of skin-to-skin contact during the stay in the NICU did not affect the duration of breastfeeding or infant growth after discharge. Furthermore, infant growth was not affected by the feeding strategy of exclusive, partial breastfeeding or no breastfeeding.A longer daily duration of skin-to-skin contact in the NICU was associated with earlier attainment of exclusive breastfeeding. |
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