Browse > Article

Yakson vs. GHT Therapy Effects on Growth and Physical Response of Preterm Infants and on Maternal Attachment  

Im, Hye-Sang (College of Nursing, Korea University)
Publication Information
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.36, no.2, 2006 , pp. 255-264 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study is aimed to confirm the effects of Yakson therapy on the growth and physical response of preform infants, and maternal attachment to them compared with GHT therapy. Method: The design of this study is nonequivalent control group with repeated measuring by quasi experimental study. The subjects are preterm infants in 26 - 34 gestational age hospitalized in the NICU of 4 university hospitals with an experimental group of 15 and a control group of 14. Yakson therapy consists of three phases: laying a hand, caressing by hand, and laying a hand again taking 5 minutes for each phase. Result: As a result of administering Yakson therapy to preform infants; the average weight gain of the Yakson group was higher than that of the GHT group, but there is no significant difference between groups. The oxygen saturation and maternal attachment difference between the Yakson and the GHT group were not significant. Significant differences in the average daily increase of oral intake and apical pulse rate were observed between the Yakson group and GHT group. Conclusion: These data suggested that Yakson therapy may be an effective nursing intervention which can facilitate growth and physical response of preform infants.
Keywords
Touch; Preform infants; Growth; Physical response; Maternal attachment;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Choi, M. A., Kim, J. H., Park, M. J., Choi, S. M., & Lee, K. S. (1995). Physiology, Seoul: Hyunmoon Publishing Co. Ltd
2 Lee, D. H. (2003). The Korean Healing Art of Yakson. Seoul : Mindvision
3 Melnyk, B. M., Feinstein, N. F., & Fairbanks, E. (2002). Effectiveness of Informational/Behavioral Interventions with Parents of Low Birth Weight(LBW) Premature Infants: An Evidence Base to Guide Clinical Practice. Pediatr Nurs, 28(5), 511-516
4 Ministry of Health & Welfare (2000), Statistical annual report of Health & Welfare
5 Muller, M. E. (1994). A questionnaire to measure mother to infant attach. J Nurs Meas, 2(2), 129-141
6 Bowlby, J. (1977). Aetiology and psychopathology in the light of attachment theory. An expanded version of the Fithieth Maudsley Lecture, delivered before the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Br J Psychiatry, 130, 201-210   DOI
7 Jay, S. S. (1982). The effects of gentle human touch on mechanically ventilated very-short-gestation infants. Matern Child Nurs J, 11, 199-256
8 Modrcin-Talbott, M. A., Harrison, L. L., Groer, M. W., & Younger, M. S. (2003). The Biobehavioral Effects of Gentle Human Touch on Preterm Infants. Nurs Sci Q, 16(1), 60-67   DOI
9 Harrison, L. L., Williams, A. K., Berbaum, M. L., Stem, J. T., & Leeper, J. (2000). Physiologic and behavioral effects of gentle human touch on preterm infants. Res Nurs & Health, 23, 435-446   DOI   ScienceOn
10 White-Traut, R., Nelson, M. N., Silvestri, J., Vasan, U., Littau, S., & Meleedy-Rey, P. (2002). Effect of auditory, tactile, visual, and vestibular intervention on length of stay, alertness, and feeding progression in preterrn infants. Dev Med Child Neurol, 44(2), 91-97   DOI   ScienceOn
11 Neuman, B. (1995), The Neuman System Model: Application to Nursing Education and Practice(3th ed). Notwalk, Conn.: Appleton & Lange
12 Holditch-Davis, D., Bartlett, T. R., & Belyea, M. (2000) . Developmental Problems and Interaction Between Mothers and Prematurely Born Children. J Pediatr Nurs, 15(3), 157-167   DOI
13 Ahn, H. S. (2004). Pediatrics (8th ed.), Seoul: Daehan Printing Publishing Co. Ltd
14 Kim, H. M. (1999). Yakson therapy. Cheongju : Cheongju University Press
15 Long, J. G., Philip, A. G. S., & Lucey, J. F. (1980). Excessive handling as a cause of hypoxemia. Pediatrics, 65, 203-207
16 Shin, S. M., & Choi, Y. R. (2002, Spring). Statistical analysis report on newborn infant's birth at the national level. Paper presented at the meeting of the 9th Korean Society of Neonatology, Seoul
17 Adamson-Macedo, E. N. (1986). Effects of tactile stimulation of low and very low birth weight infants during the first week of life. Current Physiological Research and Reviews, 4, 305-308
18 Harrison, L. L., Groer, M., Modrcin-McCarthy, M. A., & Wilkinson, J. (1992). Effects of gentle human touch on preterm infants: Results from a pilot study. Infant Behav Develop, 15, 12
19 Harrison, L. L., Olivet, L., Cunningham, K., Bodin, M. B., & Hicks, C. (1996), Effects of gentle human touch on preterm infants: Pilot study results, Neonatal Netw, 15(2), 35-42
20 Jung, D. H. (2004). A study on the therapeutic and curative effect of traditional Korean YAKSON (Healing hand) therapy. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Wonkwang University of Korea, Iksan