抚触对正常婴儿生长发育及智力发育的影响

目的；观察抚触对正常婴儿的生长，智力发育，睡眠，疾病的影响及不同月龄的抚触效果。方法：310例0－6岁正常婴儿随机分为抚触组（208名）和对照组（102名），抚触组的婴儿接受抚触，每天2－3次，每次15－20min，持续3个月。定期监测智力，身高，体重，头围，胸围，睡眠，喂养，疾病情况。结果；在出生后3个月内开始抚触的婴儿，智能和运动发育指数及睡眠状况明显好于对照组；从0月开始抚触的婴儿，体重和胸围增长明显好于对照组。结论：抚触可促进婴儿生长及智能发育，并且起始月龄越早效果越好。抚触可改善婴儿睡眠。

Effects of touch on growth and mentality development in normal infants

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of conducting Touch to infants upon their growth and mental development, sleeping and disease conditions, as well as the difference of effects of conducting Touch among infants of different month age. METHODS: 310 normal full-term infants aged 0-6 months were divided randomly into Touch group (n = 208) and control group (n = 102). Parents of Touch group were asked to conduct Touch to their infants 2-3 times/day, lasting 15-20 minutes every time, for at least 3 months. Intelligence tests were performed to infants of both groups at the beginning of the experiment and 6 months later (CDCC measurement table was employed). Data such as height, weight, circumferences of head and chest, sleeping, feeding and disease conditions etc. were recorded each month in a successive period of 6 months. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 10.0. RESULTS: (1) The average score of mental development (MDI) was 7.4 higher, with a statistically significant difference, among the infants who began to receive touch within 3 months after birth than those infants with the same age in control group. The average score of psychomotor development index (PDI) was 5.8 higher, with a statistically significant difference, among the infants who began to receive touch within 3 months after birth than those infants with the same age in control group. Infants who began to receive touch within 3 months after birth slept remarkably better than those in control group did. No significant difference was found in scores of MDI and PDI and sleeping condition between infants who began to receive touch 3 months after birth and the infants with the same age in the control group. (2) Weight gain and growth in chest circumference in infants receiving touch within one month after birth were significantly better compared with the infants of the same age in the control group. There was no significant difference in values of height and head circumference between the two groups. There was no significant difference in values of height and head circumference between the two groups. (3) No significant difference in the incidence rates of acute respiratory infection and diarrhea disease was found between the touch group and control group. CONCLUSION: (1) Growth and mental development of infants can be improved by touch. Tthe earlier to conduct touch the better the effects. (2) Touch helps improve sleeping condition in infants.