Trial reportThe Pan African medical journal2018
The effect of kangaroo mother care on physiological parameters of premature infants in Hamadan City, Iran.
Trial report in The Pan African medical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06727760 (Investigation of the Effects of Colic Massage and Kangaroo Care on Colicky Infants and Their Mothers), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers.
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Investigation of the Effects of Colic Massage and Kangaroo Care on Colicky Infants and Their Mothers
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Environmental factors affecting the delivery practices of hospital-based intrapartum care.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Longitudinal studies on breastfeeding among preterm infants: a scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Music Therapy with Preterm Infants During Kangaroo Care: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study on Physiological and Electroencephalographic Parameters and Parental Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Interventions to improve comfort and physiological parameters in premature infants: a meta-analysis.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Time to recovery and predictors among admitted preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care units of public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Parents' and neonatal healthcare professionals' views on barriers and facilitators to parental presence in the neonatal unit: a qualitative study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Postnatal Kangaroo mother care practice at home and comparison of improvement in vital parameters in low-birth-weight babies in-home setup and non-teaching hospital setup in rural coal mines area Jharkhand, India: A community-based observational study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Review of Kangaroo Mother Care in the Middle East.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Understanding Perceptions and Practices for Designing an Appropriate Community-Based Kangaroo Mother Care Implementation Package: Qualitative Exploratory Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Admission Hypothermia and Factors Associated with Mortality among Admitted Hypothermic Preterm Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.International journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Sensory stimulation program improves developments of preterm infants in Southwest China: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Perception of Stress and Styles of Coping with It in Parents Giving Kangaroo Mother Care to Their Children during Hospitalization in NICU.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- A Study of Maternal Competence in Preterm Birth Condition, during the Transition from Hospital to Home: An Early Intervention Program's Proposal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Utilization pattern of kangaroo mother care after introduction in eight selected neonatal intensive care units in China.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionBreast-feeding and being with mother have positive effects on the preterm infant's health status. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) on physiological parameters of premature infants in Fatemiyeh Hospital in Hamadan in 2016.
methodsThis was a quasi-experimental study. One hundred newborns who were admitted to in neonatal intensive care unit of Fatemiyeh Hospital in Hamadan city, Iran were selected by convenience sampling. They were randomly divided into two groups (experimental group, n = 50 and control group, n = 50). In the experimental group, newborns were taken daily KMC for an hour during 7 days. In the control group, routine care was performed in the incubator. The data gathering tool was questionnaire of infants and mother characteristics, checklists of vital signs and oxygen saturation. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 19 software using descriptive and inferential statistics (Independent t -test, Paired t-test, Chi-square, ANOVA).
resultsBefore intervention, there was no significant difference between the physiological parameters of the infants (heart rate, respiratory rate, arterial blood oxygen saturation and temperature) in experimental and control groups. However, after intervention, there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of physiological indices (p < 0.001).
conclusionThe findings of this study indicate the effect of KMC on enhancement of physiological indices. Therefore, it is recommended that KMC is taken as one of the routine care of premature infants.
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