Influence of early intervention on development of low birth weight infant

Objective To observe the effect of early in terventions including touch,visual and aural stmiulation on the growth of low birth weight infants.Methods One hundred and twenty cases were divided randomly into testgroup and control group.The control group received only normal treamtent and feeding,and the test group were treated with intervention procedures.The weight,length and head circum ference were recorded daily.The data were analyzed with SPSS.Results The average weight of test group was 0.6kg higher than that of the control group.The daily increase weight was 0.01kg and more than that of the control group.Both increases showed statistical significant(P<0.01).Conclusion Early intervention can improve the growth of the low birth weight infants.