{"title":"A comparison of crying patterns of 4-week-old babies and the effect of zinc supplement in mothers","authors":"PhD MASC BA RM Pincombe J., BNS RN RM Thrupp V.","doi":"10.1016/S1031-170X(00)80023-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This pilot study compared crying patterns of twogroups of 4-week-old babies and their mother's zinc levels. Mothers were allocated to a zinc-supplemented group (one 25 mgm tablet daily) or non-zinc supplemented group. They were requested to chart their babies crying patterns at the beginning of their babies 4<sup>th</sup> week of birth. Twenty-nine mothers of seventy-five who were recruited for the pilot study returned their completed forms. Group Z (N=13) comprised mothers who were given a zinc supplement and Group NZ (N=16) consisted of those mothers not given a zinc supplement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77020,"journal":{"name":"Australian College of Midwives Incorporated journal","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 15-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1031-170X(00)80023-9","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian College of Midwives Incorporated journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1031170X00800239","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This pilot study compared crying patterns of twogroups of 4-week-old babies and their mother's zinc levels. Mothers were allocated to a zinc-supplemented group (one 25 mgm tablet daily) or non-zinc supplemented group. They were requested to chart their babies crying patterns at the beginning of their babies 4th week of birth. Twenty-nine mothers of seventy-five who were recruited for the pilot study returned their completed forms. Group Z (N=13) comprised mothers who were given a zinc supplement and Group NZ (N=16) consisted of those mothers not given a zinc supplement.