Kangroo Mother Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Preterm Birth Complication
• Interventions: Other: Kangaroo mother care

• Registration Number: NCT05955404
• Lead Sponsor: University of Baghdad

Brief Summary

infants had a condition that might influence their responses to pain, e.g., congenital anomalies or severe illnesses requiring treatment with antiepileptics, muscle relaxants, or analgesic drugs.

Detailed Description

infants had a condition that might influence their responses to pain, e.g., congenital anomalies or severe illnesses requiring treatment with antiepileptics, muscle relaxants, or analgesic drugs and comparing the pain intensity with preterm infants who receive conventional care.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-11-02
• Primary Completion: 2023-02-28
• Study Completion: 2023-02-28
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-18
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 21

Inclusion Criteria

• Preterm infants whose corrected gestational age from (32 - <37) weeks of pregnancy
• Preterm infants who do not experience any painful procedure for last 24 hours
• Preterm infants do not receive any sedation for last 24 hours

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Exclusion Criteria

• full-term infants whose corrected gestational age is >37 weeks
• extremely preterm (< 28 weeks)
• very preterm (28-<32 weeks)
• proven or suspected sepsis
• major congenital malformations
• all heart defect except neonatal Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
• necrotizing enterocolitis
• neurodevelopmental disability
• who receive respiratory support {Mechanical Ventilation, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, or high-flow support
• indicated for surgery
• contraindication to oral sucrose
• Twins
• infants had a condition that might influence their responses to pain, e.g., congenital anomalies or severe illnesses requiring treatment with antiepileptics, muscle relaxants, or analgesic drugs

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Kangaroo mother care	Kangaroo mother care	This study uses the Kangaroo mother care as a non-pharmacological strategy to alleviate the pain that preterm infants experience in the NICU.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised (PIPP-R)	Two months	The Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised (PIPP-R) measures the intensity of pain that the preterm infants experience in NICU through infant indicators (change in heart rate from baseline, decrease in oxygen saturation from baseline, browse bulge, eye squeeze, and naso-labial furrow. It also includes gestational age and behavioral state.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

College of Nursing- The University of Baghdad; 🇮🇶 Baghdad, Iraq