title: Mothers' depressed mood and anxiety levels are reduced after massaging their preterm infants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feijó
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernandez-Reif
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valley-Gray
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy