Effects of relaxation therapy on maternal psychological status and infant growth following late preterm and early-term delivery: a randomized controlled trial.
The American journal of clinical nutrition February 2023 Jinyue Yu, Zhuang Wei, Jonathan Ck Wells et al.
Maternal stress is one modifiable variable that could influence mother-infant signaling and negatively affect breastfeeding and infant growth. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that relaxation therapy would reduce maternal stress and improve infant growth, behavior, and breastfeeding outcomes after late preterm (LP) and early-term (ET) delivery. A single-blind randomized controlled trial...
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.12.002 (opens in new tab)
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Breastfeeding
Infant weight
Lactation
Maternal stress
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