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Non‐nutritive sucking in full‐term and preterm infants studied at term conceptional age
Author(s) -
Lundqvist C,
Hafström M
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb01034.x
Subject(s) - pacifier , medicine , full term , term (time) , pediatrics , gestational age , audiology , pregnancy , breastfeeding , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , genetics
Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) patterns in full‐term newborn and preterm infants were studied at term conceptional age. The preterm group showed a distinct NNS pattern with a higher frequency and lower amplitude. In the preterm group, gender differences were observed, the girls having higher frequency and larger amplitude. The full‐term infants' NNS patterns were also related to pacifier use during early childhood. Experience, gender, maturity and level of tension are suggested as explanatory factors for differences in NNS patterns.