Initiation and duration of skin-to-skin contact for extremely and very preterm infants: A register study.
Acta Paediatr
; 111(9): 1715-1721, 2022 09.
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| ID: mdl-35642385
ABSTRACT
AIM:
This study sought to describe how skin-to-skin contact between extremely and very preterm infants and their parents is practised in Swedish neonatal units.METHODS:
Data from the Swedish Neonatal Quality Register from 2020 to 2021 were extracted to analyse initiation time and daily duration of skin-to-skin contact in different gestational ages and regions.RESULTS:
Of the 1475 infants in the cohort, mean (range) gestational age was 28 weeks (22-31), and mean (range) birthweight was 1205 g (360-2810). For extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks), median (interquartile range) skin-to-skin contact initiation time was at 88 postnatal hours (48-156) and 5% had skin-to-skin contact on the first day. For very preterm infants (<32 weeks), the corresponding numbers were 14 h (4-36) and 34%. Median (interquartile range) daily skin-to-skin contact duration for the entire cohort during the first day, first three and seven days and the remaining hospital stay was 0 (0-0), 0.7 (0-2.7), 1.6 (0.4-3.6) and 4.4 (3.0-6.1) h, respectively.CONCLUSION:
A minority of extremely and very preterm infants were exposed to skin-to-skin contact on the first postnatal day. Daily duration during the first week of life amounted to less than two hours. Initiation time and daily duration varied among gestational ages.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Recém-Nascido Prematuro
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Doenças do Prematuro
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Paediatr
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Suécia