The effect of massage by mothers on the baby's weight and perceived Self-efficacy of mothers who have low birth weight babies in neonatal intensive care unit

Phase 3

Recruiting

Conditions: Premature infants.
Other low birth weight newborn

Registration Number: IRCT20090405001788N19

Lead Sponsor: Iran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Neonatal Criteria:
The baby is asked for a pregnancy.
The birth weight of the infant is 2499-1500 grams
The gestational age of the infants is between 30 and 36 (32) weeks.
The baby has no contagious skin disease and genetic and congenital anomalies.
The baby has constant clinical conditions.
The baby does not have an interventional treatment such as chest tube and surgery.
At least ten days in hospital.
Maternal Entry Criterion:
The presence of the mother with the baby on all the days prescribed for massage.
Mother of iran.
Mother has no contagious skin disease in her hands.
Pregnancy is your mother's will.
Mothers are not addicted to drugs and alcohol.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Baby weight. Timepoint: Weight gain on days 3, 10 and 60. Method of measurement: Weight of newborns using the German Seca digital scale with a precision of 10 ± g.;Self-efficacy of mothers with preterm infants. Timepoint: At the end of the 2nd month of the baby. Method of measurement: Farsi version of the Self-efficacy Questionnaire (PMP S-E) Barnes and Adamson-Macedo (2007) will use maternal self-efficacy measurements.

Secondary Outcome Measures