SynthesisJornal de pediatria
The effectiveness of Kangaroo Mother Care in hospitalization period of preterm and low birth weight infants: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Kangaroo Mother Care Is Beneficial for Both Infants and Parents: An Umbrella Review.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of short- and long-duration Kangaroo Mother Care and conventional care on improving weight gain in low birth weight infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of Kangaroo mother care vs. conventional care during hospitalization for preterm and/or low birth weight infants: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of post discharge Kangaroo mother care with and without telephone advice on anthropometric indexes of preterm newborns: a randomized clinical trial.BMC pediatrics · 2025Trial
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- The Effect of Auricular Massage on Naso-Oral Suctioning Procedural Pain in Premature Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Study.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2025Trial
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- Effects of kangaroo mother care on feeding intolerance in preterm infants.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Effect of a structured healthcare professional-supported kangaroo care model on clinical outcomes in preterm neonates: A retrospective quasi-experimental cohort study.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Human-Centered Baby Massage Mobile App for Low Birth Weight Infants: Usability Testing and a Pre-Post Pilot Intervention Study in Indonesia.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Implementation of developmental care in routine NICU practice and early clinical outcomes in preterm infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- A Comprehensive Evidence-Based Review of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Neonatal Pain.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Perceptions and Experiences of Parents of Preterm Infants with Umbilical Venous Catheter Undergoing Skin-to-Skin Contact.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of Kangaroo Mother Care on Physiological Parameters and Health Experiences of Primiparous Mothers at a Tertiary Care Center: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025Article
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- Scaling Up Kangaroo Mother Care Through a Facility Delivery Model in Rural Districts of Pakistan: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Parental singing during kangaroo care: parents' experiences of singing to their preterm infant in the NICU.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Affective Touch in Preterm Infant Development: Neurobiological Mechanisms and Implications for Child-Caregiver Attachment and Neonatal Care.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol on the Effects of a Sensory Motor Intervention Associated with Kangaroo Skin-to-Skin Contact in Preterm Newborns.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Extreme heat, pregnancy and women's well-being in Burkina Faso: an ethnographical study.BMJ global health · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of kangaroo mother care (KMC) in reducing the length of hospital stay of preterm and/or low birth weight infants. SOURCE: Cochrane Library, Pubmed, Embase, LILACS, and Scielo. Randomized clinical trials without time or language limit were included. The intervention was the KMC in preterm and/or low birth weight infants born in health facilities compared to conventional care. The article selection was performed by a pair of reviewers independently. The methodological quality assessment was performed using the tool Risk of Bias 2. SUMMARY OF THE
findingsEight hundred and sixty-four citations were identified and 12 were selected for data extraction. There was a reduction in the length of hospital stay in days in the KMC group compared to the conventional care group, with a statistically significant difference (MD -1.75, 95% CI -3.22 to -0.28). The subgroup that underwent the intervention for more than six hours daily did not show a statistical difference for the length of hospital stay outcome (MD -0.79, 95% CI -2.52 to 0.90), while the subgroup that underwent the intervention for less than six hours daily showed a reduction in this outcome with a statistically significant difference (MD -4.66, 95% CI -7.15 to -2.17).
conclusionsKMC is a safe and low-cost intervention that has been shown to be effective in reducing the length of hospital stay of preterm and/or low birth weight infants.
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