PMID: 11930611Apr 5, 2002Paper

Effects of touch on growth and mentality development in normal infants

Zhonghua yi xue za zhi
C LiuX Lin

Abstract

To determine the effects of conducting Touch to infants upon their growth and mental development, sleeping and disease conditions, as well as the difference of effects of conducting Touch among infants of different month age. 310 normal full-term infants aged 0-6 months were divided randomly into Touch group (n = 208) and control group (n = 102). Parents of Touch group were asked to conduct Touch to their infants 2-3 times/day, lasting 15-20 minutes every time, for at least 3 months. Intelligence tests were performed to infants of both groups at the beginning of the experiment and 6 months later (CDCC measurement table was employed). Data such as height, weight, circumferences of head and chest, sleeping, feeding and disease conditions etc. were recorded each month in a successive period of 6 months. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 10.0. (1) The average score of mental development (MDI) was 7.4 higher, with a statistically significant difference, among the infants who began to receive touch within 3 months after birth than those infants with the same age in control group. The average score of psychomotor development index (PDI) was 5.8 higher, with a statistically significant difference, among the infants who bega...Continue Reading

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