Effect of Bright Light in the Hospital Nursery on the Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity

Randomized controlled study of the effects of different durations of light exposure on weight gain by preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

“…Compared with reports from other NICUs, the mean intensity of lights in this NICU (when the lights were switched on in the infants' cubicles) was much lower, being only 78.4 § 24.7 lux. The reported intensity of light in other NICUs was in the range of 350-1900 lux (15)(16)(17)(18)(19). The generally low intensity of lighting in this NICU could possibly account for the absence of signi cant difference in weight gain between the two groups of infants in this study.…”

Behavioural Adjustment in School of Very Low Birthweight Children

“…At birth, and to a degree irrespective of gestational age, a primary task facing the newborn is state regulation. In the case of the prematurely born VLBW infant, this task occurs in an unusual extra-uterine environment (Bleynow, Svenningsen & Almquist, 1974;Glass et al. 1985;Gottfried et al, 1981), in the face of intrusive medical/nursing interventions, many of which are stressful for the infant (Field, 1990), compounded frequently by severe illness and by an immature nervous system.…”

Theoretical Considerations for Research on Environmental Stress and Health

“…Future research is needed to reveal whether the concepts presented here consistently apply to managing hospital noise and other potential ambient stressors such as problematic lighting and temperature (Glass et al, 1985;Grauer, 1989;Thomas, 1990;Williams, 1989). Finally, it is hoped that research involving interventions for the more ordered environmental stress situations in hospitals may contribute to identifying concepts to reduce more complex environmental problems that are a threat to well-being.…”