Skin-to-skin contact to support preterm infants and reduce NICU-related stress.

Halyna Pavlyshyn Iryna Sarapuk Ivanna Horishna Viktoriia SlyvaNeonila Skubenko

Published in: International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (2022)

Preterm infants in the NICU experience significant stress, characterized by hormonal imbalance: an increased level of the stress hormone cortisol and a decreased level of the anti-stress hormone oxytocin. Skin-to-skin contact helps to ameliorate the hormonal stress in preterm infants by activating the oxytocin release with simultaneous reduction of cortisol secretion.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
low birth weight
soft tissue
stress induced
wound healing
signaling pathway
polycystic ovary syndrome
insulin resistance
preterm birth