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Larry Gray, Lisa Watt, and Elliott M. Blass
Skin-to-Skin Contact Is Analgesic in Healthy Newborns
Pediatrics 2000; 105: e14 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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[Read eLetters] Where's the control?
Dana Bauer   (13 January 2000)
[Read eLetters] further studies please
Maia Jones   (18 July 2000)

Where's the control? 13 January 2000
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Dana Bauer,
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bauerdan{at}pilot.msu.edu Dana Bauer

I am unimpressd with Larry Gray, Lisa Watt, and Elliott M. Blass' study of newborns. Instead of comparing swaddled, cribbed infants with infants held skin-to-skin to their mothers, the study should have compared clothed babies that were held to skin-to-skin held babies. Do you see? This study is not properly controlled. I can't believe it even received funding. Go back to Statistics 101 please.

further studies please 18 July 2000
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Maia Jones,
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Eastbourne NHS trust employee, U.K.

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maiajones{at}btinternet.com Maia Jones

Congratulations, this is a great subject for research. It would be more impressive and could be taken seriously if your sample size was at least 100 babies and moms. Also, if your control babies were dressed and held by their mothers compared to the skin-to-skin babies who were held. Please do a further randomised controlled trial with a large number of babies. Thank you and good luck with the next.