TAC-TIC therapy: a non-pharmacological stroking intervention for premature infants.
This paper describes a non-pharmacological stroking intervention which has been used with premature infants. This intervention is referred to as Touching and Caressing, Tender in Caring (TAC-TIC) therapy. Some of the beneficial outcomes resulting from TAC-TIC in healthy preterms are outlined, along with some of the initial findings from research using the therapy with the high-risk ventilated premature neonate. Current research has been conducted using a psychoneuroimmunological framework and preliminary findings have indicated stabilized cardiovascular responses, enhanced secretory immunity and increased frequency of occurrence of comfort behaviours as a result of TAC-TIC therapy.
St Bartholomew's School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London, UK.
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D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011598:Psychoneuroimmunology / Q000379:methods