ReviewJournal of family medicine and primary care2022
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) for procedural pain in infants: A meta-analysis from the current evidence of randomized control trials and cross-over trials.
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- Effects of non-nutritive sucking combined with kangaroo care during blood sampling from the heel of newborns.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Facilitators and barriers to parental involvement in neonatal pain management in the NICU: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Financial incentives for family members of hospitalized neonates for improving family presence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Article
- The effect of maternal voice and non-nutritional sucking on repeated procedural pain of heel prick in neonates: a quasi-experimental study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Comparative Evaluation of Machine Learning Models for Subtyping Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Deep Learning-Based Multi-Omics Data Integration Approach.Journal of Cancer · 2024Article
- Pain: Behavioural expression and response in an evolutionary framework.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of Physical Contact on Preterm Infants' Vital Sign Response to Live Music Therapy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC), which is also known as Skin-to-skin (STS) care, is supposed to be effective in alleviating the pain of the neonates occurring during various procedures carried out in routine medical care or during the medical examination. Objectives: The meta-analysis aimed to determine the effect of the kangaroo mother care method on procedural pain in infants receiving KMC to those receiving only standard care (SC). Search Strategy: For this meta-analysis, a systematic literature search was conducted in online database PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and the CENTRAL database using MESH terms such as kangaroo mother care method/classification, kangaroo mother care method, kangaroo mother care method/instrumentation, kangaroo mother care method/methods, pain threshold, pain, pain management/methods, pain management/instrumentation, pain management/therapy, and pain management/therapeutic with the help of Boolean terms. Selection Criteria: Only randomized control trials or cross-over trials published within ten years and reporting pain assessment during or within five minutes of the pain stimulating procedure assessed using Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) score were considered. Data Collection and Analysis: The primary outcome measures were procedural pain assessed by PIPP score and reported in mean and standard deviation along with 95% confidence interval (CI). In cross-over trials, data were taken from the first phase, i.e., before cross-over. Main Results: The pooled estimate of the six studies revealed a potential statistically significant benefit of KMC over SC in pain reduction following a pain stimulating procedure ( Conclusion: Kangaroo mother care seems to be an effective intervention in alleviating the procedural pain due to routine procedures or medication examination.
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