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The objective of this study was to assess the role of environmental/nest components and maternal behavior after several neonatal interventions on subsequent behavioral responses. Male Wistar rats were subjected to different neonatal interventions and were later evaluated for innate fear-like behavior in adulthood. The experimental groups included nonhandled (i.e., animals were not touched), handled (i.e., animals were separated from their mother, removed from the nest, and handled for 10 min/day), brief maternal separation (i.e., the mother was removed from the homecage for 10 min/day, and the pups remained in their cages without being touched), and tactile stimulation (i.e., the mother was removed from the homecage, and pups were stimulated with a brush for 10 min/day within the nest). The mother's behavior was recorded during the neonatal period, and the male pups were later tested in the open field as adults. The results revealed that only mothers whose pups were handled had an increase in the duration of licking behavior compared with the other groups. In the open field test, we observed decreased behavioral innate fear-like responses in male adults in the handled and brief separation groups compared with the others groups. Our results confirm that interventions during the neonatal period cause stable behavioral changes (decreased innate fear) in adulthood and that absent or excessive tactile stimulation appears to be an important factor. Both repeated disruption of the mother-infant relationship and withdrawal from the environment/nest are factors that exert profound effects on the development of the animals.
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Behavior, Animal , Environment, Controlled , Maternal BehaviorABSTRACT
Objetivos: Describir las prácticas de cuidado sobre estimulación prenatal que realizan consigo mismas y con su hijo un grupo de gestantes asistentes al control prenatal en las instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud Las Américas, San Luis y al Programa de Proyección Social de la Universidad de Sucre, durante septiembre y octubre de 2006. Materiales y métodos: Se desarrolló un estudio descriptivo y de corte transversal, con una selección de muestra intencional de 141 gestantes, las cuales no tenían patologías asociadas, que constituían el 68.7% del total de la población objeto del estudio. Resultados: El 92.9% de la muestra no asistió al curso psicoprofiláctico, 69.5% de las gestantes manifestó que la estimulación debe hacerse desde el primer trimestre del embarazo, el 63.8% respondió que siempre le habla a su bebé y realiza estimulación auditiva, mientras que 48.9% respondió que siempre evita colocar música cerca del abdomen. En cuanto a la estimulación visual, el 76.6% de la muestra manifestó que nunca estimula con luz a través del abdomen a su bebé. Conclusiones: En general, las prácticas de estimulación prenatal sencillas o instintivas, entre las que se encuentran hablarle y acariciar el abdomen, fueron aceptables. Es posible inferir que las gestantes de este estudio presentan buenas prácticas de estimulación táctil por medio de las caricias a través de las paredes abdominales, lo cual ayuda a fortalecer el vinculo madre-hijo...
Objetive: Describe the practices in prenatal estimutation care and with their unborn children a group of adult pregnant women who assist to antenatal control at the institutional health services Las Americas, San Luis and the Social Projection Program of the Universityof Sucre, during September October of 2006. Materials and methods: It was developed a descriptive study, cross sectional, with an intentional selection of a sample of 141 pregnant women without associated pathologies, that represent 68.7% of the population involved in the study. Results: According to care practices of antenatal stimulation, it was observed that 92.9% of the sample did not assist to psycoprofilactic course, 69.5% manifested that stimulation must be made since first trimester, what its positive for developing the new human being; 63.8% of the sample said that always talk to their baby, making auditory stimulation, while 48.9% said that always avoid to play music near the abdomen. About visual stimulation, 76.6% of the sample said that never stimulate with light through the abdomen to her baby. Conclusions: In general the practices of simple prenatal stimulations among then the speach and abdominal stimulations were accepted. This pregnancy women present good practices of tactil stimulation throught contact with the abdominal walls to enforce the contact mother-child...
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Prenatal Care , Caregivers , Pregnant Women , Simulation ExerciseABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect on mother-fetus attachment through mother-fetus interaction promotion program of talking and tactual stimulation aimed at enhancing sensitivity of primipara Non-equivalent control group posttest design was used. Fifty primiparas (26 mothers for intervention group and 24 mothers for control group) were recruited from three general hospital and an OBGY clinic located in Gang Nung city. Data was collected from January 30th to December 20th in 2001. For the intervention group, programed education which focused on mother-fetus interaction promotion of talking and tactile stimulation in the 1st trimester. Telephone counselling was provided with interval of two weeks. For two groups, home visiting for data collection of mother-fetus attachment was conducted at 36 to 38 weeks of gestational age. The data were analyzed using chi-square test and Fisher' Exact test to test the equivalence of two groups, and the effect of intervention program was determined with t-test. The result was as follow: The significant difference was found in mother-fetus attachment between two groups(t= 2.772, P= 0.0079). It indicated that intervention program was effective in improving mother-fetus attachment. In conclusion, this study has shown that the applied nursing intervention aimed at enhancing sensitivity of primiparas to fetus's movement promoted mother-fetus attachment. Therefore, this study suggests that this nursing intervention to increase maternal sensitivity to the fetus's movement should be broadly applied to primiparas, which can be beneficial for formation of mother-infant relationship, and for promotion of the social, affective, and cognitive developments of their children.
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Child , Humans , Data Collection , Education , Gestational Age , Hospitals, General , House Calls , Mothers , Nursing , Telephone , Child HealthABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of balance board training combined with tactile stimulation on the affected leg of hemiplegic patients in improving the ability of balance control. METHOD: Thirty hemiplegic patients participated. In the study group, two pieces of adhesive tapes were attached on the skin of affected lower leg. And then, they performed balance training on a balance board. The training was performed for 4 weeks. The control group received conventional gait training program for the same period. Subjects in both groups were tested for their balance control abilities using Balance Master before and after the training period. RESULTS: In the study group, there were statistically significant improvements in the abilities of the weight bearing, body sway control, and rhythmic weight shift (p<0.05) after balance board training. After the training, there were statistically significant differences in the abilities of weight bearing and rhythmic weight shift (p<0.05) between the two groups. CONCLUSION: The training with balance board combined with tactile stimulation to the affected leg and foot was proved to be effective for the treatment of balance control abilities in hemiplegic patients.