Immediate skin-to-skin contact at very preterm birth and effect on infant socio-emotional stress response and mother–infant cortisol co-regulation: secondary outcomes from the randomised clinical Immediate Parent-Infant Skin-To-Skin Study (IPISTOSS)
Infants who experienced iSSC during the first 6 hours after very preterm birth showed improved infant socio-emotional stress coping and suggested enhanced mother-infant HPA axis synchrony at 4 months.
Authors
- Hanne Brit Hetland
- Agnes Linnér (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-2771)
- Björn Westrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3187-067X)
- Nils Bergman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3719-0990)
- Wibke Jonas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8956-0618)
- Eleonora Mascheroni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8248-7550)
- Stina Klemming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9644-6855)
- Evalotte Mörelius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3256-5407)
- Karoline Lode-Kolz
- Siri Lillieskold
- Siren Rettedal
- Hanne Pike
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- Lund University (SE)
- Stavanger University Hospital (NO)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Queen Astrid Military Hospital (BE)
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea (IT)
- University of Stavanger (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Paediatrics Open
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2025-003778
- Primary Topic
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Kempe Foundation
- Ministero della Salute
- Karolinska Institutet
- Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Sällskapet Barnavård