A three-center, randomized, controlled trial of individualized developmental care for very low birth weight preterm infants: medical, neurodevelopmental, parenting, and caregiving effects.

H, Als; L, Gilkerson; FH, Duffy; GB, McAnulty; DM, Buehler; K, Vandenberg; N, Sweet; E, Sell; RB, Parad; SA, Ringer; SC, Butler; JG, Blickman; KJ, Jones

doi:10.1097/00004703-200312000-00001

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A three-center, randomized, controlled trial of individualized developmental care for very low birth weight preterm infants: medical, neurodevelopmental, parenting, and caregiving effects.

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Als H

Gilkerson L

Duffy FH

Abstract

Medical, neurodevelopmental, and parenting effects of individualized developmental care were investigated in a three-center, randomized, controlled trial. A total of 92 preterm infants, weighing less than 1250 g and aged less than 28 weeks, participated. Outcome measures included medical, neurodevel...

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