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. 2021 Jul 13;17(4):e13245. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13245

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© 2021 The Authors. Maternal & Child Nutrition published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Forest plot of standard mean difference (with 95% CI) of the effect of skin‐to‐skin contact (SSC) on anxiety states among postpartum women with premature infants. (a) Meta‐analysis of anxiety comparing SSC with other types of care. (b) Subgroup analysis of anxiety based on the daily intervention time of SSC. (c) Subgroup analysis of anxiety based on the total length of SSC. Experimental group: skin‐to‐skin contact; Control group: other types of care; Outcome: anxiety states post‐intervention; Std: standard