title: Effect of early intervention using state modulation and cue reading on mother-infant interactions in preterm infants and their mothers in Japan.
abstract: This study examined the effects of early intervention on mothers and their preterm infants. Intervention aimed to facilitate mother-infant interaction by enhancing the mother's ability to modulate her infant's state and to read infant cues. Specifically, the intervention consisted of a nurse researcher visiting the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before each infant was discharged, and conducting post-discharge home visits until the infant reached a corrected age of 60 weeks. For research design purposes, mother-infant dyads were placed into either (1) an Intensive Intervention Group (ⅡG) or (2) a Mild Intervention Group (MIG). The outcomes of the groups were then compared. The effects of early intervention were rated by examining mother-infant interaction and the durations of infant sleep and crying. Despite individual differences, there were more improved interaction scores at Time 1 in ⅡG members that had recorded lower interaction scores earlier than those of MIG. A lower frequency of night crying was also recorded from the ⅡG. The results implied that interventions teaching state-modulation methods and cue reading to the mothers should be started while their infants are in the NICU.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health Care Sciences. Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusanagi
authors.forename: Taiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Kumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikuni
authors.forename: Motoko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamitsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003448:Crying / Q000502:physiology; D003463:Cues; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000145:classification; D004505:Education, Nonprofessional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000523:psychology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000523:psychology*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology