Effect of different states of the environment to the rehabilitation process and complications of preterm infants in the different environment in neonatal intensive care unit

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of different states of the environment to the rehabilitation process and complications of preterm infants in the different environment in neonatal intensive care unit(NICU). Methods 120 premature infants were divided into observation group and control group with 60 cases in each group by random digital table method. The control group was treated with routine nursing model, while observation group was treated with bird nest nursing, lower noise and using cyclic lights. Oxygen time and hospitalization time, increasing about body weight, sleeping time on the twenty-eighth days and the incidence of complications between the two groups were compared. Results The hospitalization and oxygen time were (41.79±2.51)days and (11.45±5.22)days respectively in the observation group, those were shorter obviously than that in the control group [(45.32±3.85)days and (15.52±5.89)days,t= 5.95, 4.01,P<0.01].The growth of body weight was (17.36±2.94) g/d, the sleeping time on the twenty-eighth day was (21.18±0.39) hours in the observation group. It was increased than that in the control group[(13.48±4.63)g/d and (19.56±0.45)hours], and the difference was significant(t=5.48, 21.07,P<0.01). The incidences of nosocomial infection and feeding intolerance in the observation group were reduced significantly, the difference was significant (χ2=7.06, 8.71,P<0.01). Conclusions Improving the environment in NICU can prevent the adverse factors on premature infants, promote the recovery and growth of premature infants. Key words: Intensive care units, neonatal; Infant, premature; Rehabilitation; The state of the environment