The Design and Evaluation of a Clothing System for Use in the Care of Premature Infants

Abstract

Based on the design of the garment described in Part I of this title, a hospital trial was undertaken with 10 premature infants. This paper presents the results of i) evaluation of the thermal regulatory performance of the garment and ii) a questionnaire on handling the premature infants when wearing this clothing system answered by the seven doctors and twenty-seven nurses who took care of the 10 premature infants involved in this research work.

Citation

Kwok, Y.L., Harlock, S.C., Tam, A.Y.C. and Lo, T.Y. (1998), "The Design and Evaluation of a Clothing System for Use in the Care of Premature Infants", Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 82-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-02-01-1998-B009