dc.creator | Campos Serrano, Maria Sylvia | |
dc.creator | Marquez Doren, Francisca | |
dc.creator | Wilson, Lynda | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-10T13:43:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-10T13:43:43Z | |
dc.date.created | 2024-01-10T13:43:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181db5377 | |
dc.identifier | 0893-2190 | |
dc.identifier | MEDLINE:20442614 | |
dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181db5377 | |
dc.identifier | https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/78733 | |
dc.identifier | WOS:000277931000012 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of massage on infant weight gain and exclusive maternal breast-feeding of an intervention that involved teaching mothers to massage their full-term infants. The sample included 100 healthy newborn infants who were receiving primary healthcare at 3 health centers in a low-income neighborhood of Santiago, Chile. The control group included 65 infants and the massage group included 35 infants. During their second well-child clinic visit, clinic nurses provided instruction to massage-group mothers about how to massage their infants, based on the methods of the Baby's First Massage program (http://www.babysfirstmassage.com/Scripts/default.asp). Mothers were encouraged to massage their infants for 10 to 15 minutes at least once a day, starting when their infants were 15 days old. There was no difference in the mean weights of the infants between the massage and control groups at baseline, but at age 2 months, massage group infants weighed significantly more than control-group infants. There were no weight differences between the 2 groups at age 4 months. There were no differences between the 2 groups on the incidence of exclusive maternal breast-feeding at age 2 or 4 months. The findings suggest that teaching mothers to massage their newborn infants may have a beneficial effect on the infant's early weight gain. There is a need for additional studies to evaluate the effect of maternal massage on other health and welfare outcomes for both mothers and infants. | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | |
dc.rights | acceso restringido | |
dc.subject | global health | |
dc.subject | infant | |
dc.subject | massage | |
dc.subject | SENSORY STIMULATION | |
dc.subject | GROWTH | |
dc.subject | THERAPY | |
dc.title | Teaching Chilean Mothers to Massage Their Full-Term Infants Effects on Maternal Breast-Feeding and Infant Weight Gain at Age 2 and 4 Months | |
dc.type | artículo | |