Parental experience and professional training shape the perception of comfort and discomfort in preterm and term newborns (opens in new tab)

Understanding the comfort or discomfort expressions of preterm and term newborns represents a challenge for both parents and nurses, particularly in hospitalization settings. While parents rely mainly on intuitive parenting abilities and parental experience, pediatric nurses receive specific training to recognize newborns’ expressions. This study compared the perception of preterm and term infants’ facial emotion expressions across five observer groups: 63 parents of hospitalized preterm infa...