The effect of kangaroo mother care on maternal fatigue
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Fatigue.Other specified neurotic disorders
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017013032307N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research Kerman University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
primiparous mothers; mothers with the minimum age of 20 and maximums age of 35 years old; mothers with minimum literacy; mothers who their premature infants are hospitalized in NICU and those who breastfeed; the infants who are hospitalized for at least one week; infants must have the gestational age of 28- 34 weeks; single infant; infants without the use of mechanical ventilation and Birth weight>1200 gr and<2000 gr.
exclusion criteria: incurable mother's diseases (physically or mentally); infants with anomaly; unwillingness of mothers to participate in the trial.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue. Timepoint: Pre and post intervention (before the intervention and one week after the intervention). Method of measurement: Visual analoge scale (VAS-F).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression. Timepoint: Pre and post intervention (before intervention and one week after intervention). Method of measurement: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).