Effect of kangaroo mother care on premature infants’ physiological indices and breastfeeding in the Fatemieh Hospital in Hamadan in 2015
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- 28 completed weeks or more but less than 37 completed weeks (196 completed days but less than 259 completed days) of gestation.Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified.
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015030310426N7
- Lead Sponsor
- Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
low birth weigh; gestational age between 32-36 weeks without any congenital anomaly; stable newborn; physicians' permission to leave from incubator; without undergoing neonatal surgery; without photo-therapy; completed consent form their mother to participate of the study.
Exclusion criteria: mother or infant conditions; illness and stressful events during the study such as NCPAP; breastfeeding contraindications.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eonatal weight gain. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Balance Scale.;Physiological indices. Timepoint: Three times per day. Method of measurement: Termometer, Neonatal Monitoring Device.;Number of breastfeeding. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Observation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eonatal infection. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Based on labratory tests.;Lenght of hospitalization. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Observation.