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Infantile Colic in a Psychodynamic and Nursing Perspective
Author(s) -
Wikander Birgitta,
Wahlberg Vivian
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1987.tb00610.x
Subject(s) - crying , infantile colic , breastfeeding , medicine , psychodynamics , childbirth , interview , pediatrics , nursing , obstetrics , pregnancy , psychology , psychiatry , biology , political science , psychoanalysis , law , genetics
. The aim of this study was to illuminate the interaction between mother and infant in the condition of infantile colic and compare this with the interaction in a non‐colic group. Infantile colic was defined as daily inconsolable crying. The sample, 21 mother—infant dyads, were recruited from six welfare centres in the north‐west (a middle‐class area) of Stockholm, A non‐colic group, ten mother—infant dyads, were used as control group. The methods used were observing the feeding situation, interviewing the mother about pregnancy, labour and delivery, mother's first contact with the newborn, maternity stay, duration of breastfeeding, the infant's crying and medication, mother's food habits, etc. The mother was then asked to fill in a Sleep/Activity Scale for the seven following days and nights. A questionnaire was sent six months post‐partum to follow up the situation. Labour and delivery was a positive event for most of the mothers and all the fathers had taken part in it. The observations showed a tendency of disturbed mother—infant interaction during feeding. When the infant was crying it was usually the mother who took care and also developed several ways to try to console the infant.