Mendu Suresh Babu, Neela Aruna Rekha, Tammali Saritha, Kotha Rakesh
Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Siddipet, Siddipet, IND.
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Government Medical College, Siddipet, Siddipet, IND.
Cureus. 2024 Jan 31;16(1):e53318. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53318. eCollection 2024 Jan.
This research project examines the long-term effects of maternal-neonatal bonding during a mother's "sensitive period." The review explores how early contact between a mother and her newborn can affect their psychosocial and emotional well-being in the future. Within an hour after birth, oxytocin levels increase for mothers, while catecholamine surges enhance neonates' memory retention to encourage immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC), which promotes breastfeeding with benefits, such as quicker placenta expulsion, less bleeding, and lower stress. As per sources to date, there is no systematic review on this subject; however, numerous studies exist regarding short-term outcomes, exclusive breastfeeding, and childhood problems. The exploration involves rigorous searches of academic databases following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines for transparency and reproducibility by using the Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome (PICO) framework. Of the 516 initially identified articles, only five were relevant based on refined selection criteria, making it clear from the analysis that sensitive-period bonding produces long-term impacts in infants. Few studies are available, particularly in recent years; thus, more research is required in this area.
本研究项目考察了母亲“敏感期”母婴联结的长期影响。该综述探讨了母亲与新生儿的早期接触如何在未来影响他们的心理社会和情感幸福感。分娩后一小时内，母亲的催产素水平会升高，而儿茶酚胺激增会增强新生儿的记忆保持能力，从而促使立即进行皮肤接触（SSC），这有利于促进母乳喂养，带来诸如更快排出胎盘、减少出血和降低压力等益处。根据目前的资料来源，尚未有关于该主题的系统综述；然而，存在大量关于短期结果、纯母乳喂养和儿童期问题的研究。此次探索按照系统评价与Meta分析的首选报告项目（PRISMA）指南，通过使用人群、干预措施、对照和结局（PICO）框架，对学术数据库进行了严格检索。在最初识别出的516篇文章中，根据细化的选择标准，只有5篇相关，分析表明敏感期联结会对婴儿产生长期影响。现有研究较少，尤其是近年来的研究；因此，该领域需要更多研究。
