Interactive Guidance Intervention to Address Sustained Social Withdrawal in Preterm Infants in Chile: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preterm newborns can be exposed early to significant perinatal stress, and this stress can increase the risk of altered socioemotional development. Sustained social withdrawal in infants is an early indicator of emotional distress which is expressed by low reactivity to the environment, and if persistent, is frequently associated with altered psychological development. Infants born prematurely have a higher probability of developing sustained social withdrawal (adjusted odds ratio 1.84, 95% CI 1.04-3.26) than infants born full term, and there is a correlation between weight at birth and sustained social withdrawal at 12 months of age.

Objective

The aims of this study are to compare the effect of the interactive guidance intervention to that of routine pediatric ca

SUBMITTER: Bustamante Loyola J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394375 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature