Influence of early training and touching nursing on intelligent and physical development of premature infants / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of early training and touching nursing on intelligent and physical development of premature infants. Methods 80 cases of premature infants in our hospital from January to October 2010 were divided into the observation group and the control group with 40 pa tients in each group,the control group was given routine nursing,the observation group was given early training and touching nursing on the basis of the control group.Intelligent and physical development was compared between two groups. Results the mental development index and psychomotor development index on the 6th and 12th months in the observation group were better than those in the control group,the differences were significant.The height,body weight and head circumference on the 12th month in the observation group were significantly better than those in the control group. Conclusions Early training and touching nursing can promote the intelligent and physical development of premature infants significantly as well as improve the prognosis.