| Title | Effects of individualized developmental care in a randomized trial of preterm infants <32 weeks. | | Author(s) | Maguire CM, Walther FJ, Sprij AJ, Le Cessie S, Wit JM, Veen S, Leiden Developmental Care Project | | Institution | Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands. | | Source | Pediatrics 2009 Oct; 124(4):1021-30. | | MeSH | Child Development
Combined Modality Therapy
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Intensive Care, Neonatal
Kaplan-Meiers Estimate
Male
Monitoring, Physiologic
Patient Care Planning
Pregnancy
Probability
Psychomotor Performance
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
Risk Assessment
Statistics, Nonparametric
Survival Rate
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The goal was to investigate the effects of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) on days of respiratory support and intensive care, growth, and neuromotor development at term age for infants born at <32 weeks.
METHODS: Infants were assigned randomly, within 48 hours after birth, to a NIDCAP group or basic developmental care (control) group. The NIDCAP intervention consisted of weekly formal behavioral observations of the infants and caregiving recommendations and support for staff members and parents, as well as incubator covers and positioning aids. The control group infants were given basic developmental care, which consisted of only incubator covers and positioning aids. Outcome measures were respiratory support, intensive care, and weight of <1000 g. Growth parameters were measured weekly or biweekly and at term age. Neuromotor development was assessed at term age.
RESULTS: A total of 164 infants met the inclusion criteria (NIDCAP: N = 81; control: N = 83). In-hospital mortality rates were 8 (9.9%) of 81 infants in the NIDCAP group and 3 (3.6%) of 83 infants in the control group. No differences in mean days of respiratory support (NIDCAP: 13.9 days; control: 16.3 days) or mean days of intensive care (NIDCAP: 15.2 days; control: 17.0 days) were found. Short-term growth and neuromotor development at term age showed no differences, even with correction for the duration of the intervention.
CONCLUSIONS: NIDCAP developmental care had no effect on respiratory support, days of intensive care, growth, or neuromotor development at term age. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Comparative Study
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | PubMed ID | 19786441 |
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