Mothers' Depressed Mood and Anxiety Levels Are Reduced After Massaging Their Preterm Infants

Larissa Feijo; Maria Hernandez-Reif; Tiffany Field; William Burns; Sarah A Valley-Gray; Edward Simco

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.02.003

Mothers' Depressed Mood and Anxiety Levels Are Reduced After Massaging Their Preterm Infants

Larissa Feijo
, Maria Hernandez-Reif
, Tiffany Field
, William Burns
, Sarah A Valley-Gray
, Edward Simco

College of Psychology

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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.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	476-480
Number of pages	5
Journal	Infant Behavior and Development
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.02.003
State	Published - Jul 1 2006

Keywords

Anxiety
Depression
Massage
Mothers
Preterm Infants

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Psychology

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