Effects of Meridian Massage on Weight in Infants and on Mother-Infant Interaction / 아동간호학회지
Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
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: 340-347, 2005.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-148042
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done to develop a new nursing intervention, Meridian Massage, and to investigate its effect on weight in infants and mother-infant interaction.METHOD:
This study was conducted using a quasi experimental non equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Thirty-one newborn infants from a postpartum Management Center were selected and assigned to two groups, experimental and control. Data were collected from February 1 to September 30, 2004. Infants in the experimental group (16) were given Meridian massage for 15 minutes daily for 6 days and weighed every day at 10 am. Using the Nursing Child Assessment Feeding Scale(1978), mother-infant interaction was determined before the treatment, after 1 week and 1 month after the massage.RESULTS:
Infants in the experimental group had a higher average weight than those in the control group and the difference was significant (Z=-2.29, p=.022). For mother-infant interaction, the experimental group had higher scores than the control group, and the difference was significant between both the two groups, and the 3 measurement times.CONCLUSION:
The Meridian Massage in this study showed positive weight gain and positive mother-infant interaction. This study shows that meridian massage is an effective nursing intervention in improving infant development.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Weight Gain
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Child Development
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Child Health
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Nursing
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Postpartum Period
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Massage
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Mother-Child Relations
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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