ReviewPediatric health, medicine and therapeutics2015
Understanding kangaroo care and its benefits to preterm infants.
Review in Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05165004 (Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care Versus Hammock Positioning on Physiological Indices and Behavioral Organization Among Preterm Neonates), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care Versus Hammock Positioning on Physiological Indices and Behavioral Organization Among Preterm Neonates: A Humanized Nursing Approach
Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 154 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nonpharmacological Interventions on Intramuscular Vaccination Pain among Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials.Journal of caring sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Skin-to-skin care for procedural pain in neonates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Immediate Skin-to-Skin Contact in Very Preterm Neonates and Early Childhood Neurodevelopment: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Qualitative insights from a randomized clinical trial of a mother-child emotional preparation program for preschool-aged children.BMC psychology · 2023Trial
- Music Therapy in Preterm Infants Reduces Maternal Distress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effects of skin-to-skin contact on full-term infants' stress reactivity and quality of mother-infant interactions.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Trial
- Using Life Cycle Assessments to Measure the Environmental Impact of Alternative Care Models in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Impact of the H-HOPE multisensory behavioural intervention plus Kangaroo Mother Care on early growth in preterm infants in Malawi.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Practices and challenges of family involvement in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across Asia: a multinational survey of the Asian neonatal network.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Implementation of developmental care in routine NICU practice and early clinical outcomes in preterm infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Pilot Implementation of the NeuroSense PremmieEd Parenting Educational Programme for Parents with Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Sequential Cohort Design.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of the Lived Experiences and Perspectives of Equine-Assisted Services Practitioners in the UK and Ireland.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Review
- Challenges and enhancement of health: a dual impact of kangaroo care on parents and infants-systematic review.mHealth · 2025Review
- Kangaroo Mother Care on Perfusion Index, Heart Rate, and Oxygen Saturation in Premature Infants Who were Discharged Early and Admitted to The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Control Tria.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2024Article
- Inpatient Skin-to-skin Care Predicts 12-Month Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants.The Journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- "Preparation Is Key": Parents' and Nurses' Perceptions of Combined Parent-Delivered Pain Management in Neonatal Care.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Parents' and neonatal healthcare professionals' views on barriers and facilitators to parental presence in the neonatal unit: a qualitative study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Quantity of spontaneous touches to body and surface in very preterm and healthy term infants.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Perception and Practice of Kangaroo Mother Care Among Mothers of Pre-term Babies at a National Referral Hospital in a Limited Resource Setting.The East African health research journal · 2024Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The holding of an infant with ventral skin-to-skin contact typically in an upright position with the swaddled infant on the chest of the parent, is commonly referred to as kangaroo care (KC), due to its simulation of marsupial care. It is recommended that KC, as a feasible, natural, and cost-effective intervention, should be standard of care in the delivery of quality health care for all infants, regardless of geographic location or economic status. Numerous benefits of its use have been reported related to mortality, physiological (thermoregulation, cardiorespiratory stability), behavioral (sleep, breastfeeding duration, and degree of exclusivity) domains, as an effective therapy to relieve procedural pain, and improved neurodevelopment. Yet despite these recommendations and a lack of negative research findings, adoption of KC as a routine clinical practice remains variable and underutilized. Furthermore, uncertainty remains as to whether continuous KC should be recommended in all settings or if there is a critical period of initiation, dose, or duration that is optimal. This review synthesizes current knowledge about the benefits of KC for infants born preterm, highlighting differences and similarities across low and higher resource countries and in a non-pain and pain context. Additionally, implementation considerations and unanswered questions for future research are addressed.
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