Akupunkturbehandling vid spädbarnskolik - föräldrars upplevelser av barnets beteende före och
efter behandling
Engelsk titel: Acupuncture treatment in infantile colic - parents' experiences of the babies behaviour before and
after treatment
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Författare:
Landgren K
;
Hallström I
Email: kasja@kajsalandgren.com
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 23
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 05043376
Sammanfattning
Infantile colic is causing pain
and trouble to infants and their
parents. Acupuncture is used to
relieve the symptoms but is not
scientifically tested as treatment
for infantile colic. In this study
the experiences of parents, whose
68 babies have got acupuncture,
were investigated. The way the
parents described their babies
behaviour and feeding patterns
was analysed with content analysis
at a manifest level. Categories
found before acupuncture treatment
were «crying almost all the
time they are awake», «crying
spells», «impossible to comfort
and crying hysterically», «suffering
even if he don´t cry», «restless
sleep or don´t sleep at all»,
«stiff like a stick», «explosive,
green stooling» and «comfort
eating». After acupuncture treatment
the categories «not better»,
«better already after the first treatment
», «almost worse the first
day before it changed», «better
and better», «stooling changed»
and «don´t eat so often» appeared.
Parents to 67 of the 68
infants reported that the babies
crying and fussing was normalised
after treatment. According to
the parents experiences the
babies slept better, seemed happier
and were fed less often.