Faculty Articles
Mothers' Depressed Mood and Anxiety Levels Are Reduced After Massaging Their Preterm Infants
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2006
Publication Title
Infant Behavior and Development
Volume
29
Issue/Number
3
First Page
476
ISSN
0163-6383
Last Page
480
Abstract/Excerpt
Forty mothers whose preterm infants were about to be discharged from the Neonatal Intermediate Care Nursery (NICU) were randomly assigned to two groups: the first group of mothers conducted preterm infant massage and the second group only observed their preterm infants receiving massage. Both groups of mothers had lower depressed mood scores following the session. However, only the group who massaged their infants had lower anxiety scores after the session.
DOI
10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.02.003
NSUWorks Citation
Feijo, L.,
Hernandez-Reif, M.,
Field, T.,
Burns, W.,
Valley-Gray, S. A.,
Simco, E.
(2006). Mothers' Depressed Mood and Anxiety Levels Are Reduced After Massaging Their Preterm Infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 29(3), 476-480.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/623