title: Preterm infant thermal responses to caregiving differ by incubator control mode.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the influence of caregiving on preterm infant and incubator temperature and to investigate incubator control mode in thermal responses to caregiving.
  
  
  METHODS
  The intensive within-subject design involved continuous recording of infant and incubator temperature and videotaping throughout a 24-hour period in 40 hospitalized preterm infants. Temperature at care onset was compared with care offset, and 5, 10, 15, and 20 minutes following care offset using ANOVA-RM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Following caregiving, infant and incubator temperature differed significantly over time by incubator control mode. In air servo-control, infant temperature tended to decrease after caregiving, while in skin servo-control infant temperature remained relatively stable. With caregiving, incubator temperature remained consistent in air servo-control and increased in skin servo-control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The temperature effects of caregiving should be considered relative to maintenance of thermoneutrality and unintentional thermal stimulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7262, USA.
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D017028:Caregivers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007186:Incubators, Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male