Effect of Bright Light in the Hospital Nursery on the Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity

Glass, Penny; Avery, Gordon B.; Subramanian, K. N. Siva; Keys, Marshall P.; Sostek, Anita Miller; Friendly, David S.

doi:10.1097/00132586-198602000-00037

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“…Compared with reports from other NICUs, the mean intensity of lights in this NICU (when the lights were switched on in the infants' cubicles) was much lower, being only 78.4 § 24.7 lux. The reported intensity of light in other NICUs was in the range of 350-1900 lux (15)(16)(17)(18)(19). The generally low intensity of lighting in this NICU could possibly account for the absence of signi cant difference in weight gain between the two groups of infants in this study.…”

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confidence: 68%

Randomized controlled study of the effects of different durations of light exposure on weight gain by preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

Chee

Rohana

2002

Acta Paediatrica

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Randomized controlled study of the effects of different durations of light exposure on weight gain by preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

Chee

Rohana

2002

Acta Paediatrica

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“…At birth, and to a degree irrespective of gestational age, a primary task facing the newborn is state regulation. In the case of the prematurely born VLBW infant, this task occurs in an unusual extra-uterine environment (Bleynow, Svenningsen & Almquist, 1974;Glass et al. 1985;Gottfried et al, 1981), in the face of intrusive medical/nursing interventions, many of which are stressful for the infant (Field, 1990), compounded frequently by severe illness and by an immature nervous system.…”

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Behavioural Adjustment in School of Very Low Birthweight Children

Sykes¹,

Hoy²,

Bill³

et al. 1997

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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The school-based behavioural adjustment at 7-8 years of a cohort of 243 prematurely born, very low birthweight (< 1501 g) children and their normal birthweight controls is reported. The findings indicate that the children born preterm (both male and female) were rated by their teachers as expressing more behaviour problems than their controls, and were less well adjusted to the school environment. The deficits noted in the preterms applied across the social classes, with no amelioration noted in preterms of higher social class. It is speculated that the problem behaviours reflect a failure in self-regulatory functions.

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“…Future research is needed to reveal whether the concepts presented here consistently apply to managing hospital noise and other potential ambient stressors such as problematic lighting and temperature (Glass et al, 1985;Grauer, 1989;Thomas, 1990;Williams, 1989). Finally, it is hoped that research involving interventions for the more ordered environmental stress situations in hospitals may contribute to identifying concepts to reduce more complex environmental problems that are a threat to well-being.…”

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Theoretical Considerations for Research on Environmental Stress and Health

Topf¹

1994

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Research on hospital noise may have implications for the usefulness of stress theory as a framework for the study of environmental stress and stress-related health outcomes. In this article, the results of hospital noise research are described. It is argued that noise-induced stress in hospitals is largely uncontrollable by individual coping and that stress theory may therefore need to be supplemented for the reduction of reactivity. Three concepts are proposed for this purpose. Primary among these is an intervention concept--enhancement of person-environment compatibility. Others are ongoing societal and technological development, and intrinsic sensitivity to specific stressors in the environment. Future research should attempt to reveal whether these concepts are consistently effective in the management of hospital noise and other environmental stressors.

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Effect of Bright Light in the Hospital Nursery on the Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity

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Randomized controlled study of the effects of different durations of light exposure on weight gain by preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

Randomized controlled study of the effects of different durations of light exposure on weight gain by preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

Behavioural Adjustment in School of Very Low Birthweight Children

Theoretical Considerations for Research on Environmental Stress and Health

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