Early Sensitivity Training for Parents of Preterm Infants: Impact on the Developing Brain

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Jeannette Milgrom
Carol Newnham
Peter J Anderson
Lex W Doyle
Alan W Gemmill
Katherine Lee
Rod W Hunt
Merilyn Bear
Terrie Inder
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[1] Austin Health,Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
[2] University of Melbourne,Department of Psychology
[3] University of Melbourne,Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
[4] Paediatrics,Department of Neonatal Medicine
[5] University of Melbourne,Department of Pediatrics
[6] The Royal Women's Hospital,undefined
[7] Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit,undefined
[8] Murdoch Childrens Research Institute,undefined
[9] The Royal Children's Hospital,undefined
[10] Neurology,undefined
[11] and Radiology,undefined
[12] St. Louis Children's Hospital,undefined
[13] Washington University,undefined
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Pediatric Research | 2010年 / 67卷
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After birth, preterm infants face a stressful environment, which may negatively impact early brain development and subsequent neurobehavioral outcomes. This randomized controlled trial involving 45 women with infants <30-wk gestation, assessed the effectiveness of training parents in reducing stressful experiences. Intervention consisted of 10 sessions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Postintervention, at term-equivalent (40-wk postmenstrual age), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed to evaluate brain structure and development. Quantitative volumetric techniques were used to estimate overall and regional brain volumes for different tissue types including CSF, CGM, DNGM, UWM, and MWM. DTI was used to evaluate the integrity and maturation of white matter by ADC and FA. Maturation and connectivity of white matter, characterized by diffusion MR measures of ADC and FA, were significantly enhanced in the intervention group, who displayed greater restriction in ADC and increase in FA. There were no significant effects on either brain volumes or on short-term medical outcomes. Thus, sensitivity training for parents in the NICU is associated with improved cerebral white matter micro-structural development in preterm infants.
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