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Effect of tactile and/or kinesthetic stimulation therapy of preterm infants on their parents’ anxiety and depressive symptoms: A systematic review

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Abstract Background In the case of preterm birth, the idealized postnatal period is replaced by an anxious and even traumatic experience for parents. Higher prevalence of parental anxiety, postnatal depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder has been observed in mothers of preterm infants up to 18 months after childbirth. There is increasing evidence that proprioceptive stimulation has a beneficial effect on preterms’ short-term outcomes. Could this care also have an impact on parental anxiety and depressive symptoms? We reviewed recent publications on the impact on parents’ anxiety and depressive symptoms of delivering tactile and/or kinesthetic stimulation to their premature newborn. Methods We conducted a systematic review by searching the PubMed, PsycInfo, Scopus, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar databases for English-language publications from the past 10 years. We focused on the mothers or fathers of infants born preterm (before 37 weeks of gestation) who provided tactile and/or kinesthetic stimulation to their premature newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit. Relevant outcomes were the parents’ anxiety, stress, depressive symptoms, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, assessed with reliable standardized inventories. Results Eleven articles were included in the systematic review. Results suggested a beneficial effect of parents’ early tactile and kinesthetic stimulation of their preterm infants. Conclusions These interventions may act as protective factors against the occurrence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents and deserve to be studied further in this population.

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hal-04378212 , version 1 (08-01-2024)

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Cassandre Guittard, Julien Eutrope, Stéphanie Caillies, Gauthier Loron. Effect of tactile and/or kinesthetic stimulation therapy of preterm infants on their parents’ anxiety and depressive symptoms: A systematic review. BMC Psychology, 2024, 12 (1), pp.3. ⟨10.1186/s40359-023-01510-x⟩. ⟨hal-04378212⟩

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