Maternal weight status and responsiveness to preterm infant behavioral cues during feeding.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental obesity is highly predictive of child obesity, and preterm infants are at greater risk of obesity, but little is known about obese and non-obese mothers' responsiveness to preterm infant cues during feeding. The relationship between maternal weight status and response to preterm infant behavioral cues during feeding at 6-weeks corrected age was examined.

Methods

This secondary analysis used data from a randomized clinical trial. Maternal weight was coded during a play session. Mother-infant interaction during feeding was coded using the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training Feeding Scale (NCAST). We used multivariate linear regressions to examine NCAST scores and multivariate logistic regressions for the two individual items, satiation cues and term

SUBMITTER: Arianas EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5387281 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature