Exploring the association between parent touch attitudes and experiences with duration of skin-to-skin contact and holding in preterm infants
Maternal status and GA predicted SSC and holding duration yet explained the variance only partially. Parents' touch attitudes and experiences showed no association. This suggests that contextual, clinical or systemic factors may predominantly determine SSC and holding provision.
Authors
- Hilde Kristin Jacobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9574-5475)
- Bente Silnes Tandberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1183-4532)
- Uta Sailer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-8738)
- Nina Margrethe Kynø (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3046-3554)
Institutions
- OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Akershus University Hospital (NO)
- Lovisenberg Diakonale Høgskole (NO)
- Universidad Metropolitana (PR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Early Human Development
- Published
- 2026-01-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106476
- Primary Topic
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00