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Assessment of Autonomic Co-regulation Between Newborn and Parent During Kangaroo Care Sessions in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Newborn
Interventions
Device: Evaluation of Autonomic nervous system indices
Registration Number
NCT03690804
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Brief Summary

Mother-infant separation, as a result of hospitalization, leads to stress and anxiety for both parent and infant, lowers feelings of maternal competency and corrupts bonding process.

Kangaroo Care (KC), is as a widespread procedure in which the naked newborn is placed on the parent's bare chest. KC is known to enhance neonatal outcome by improving temperature regulation, cardiorespiratory stability or psychomotor development. It also promotes mother-infant interactions and enhances parental psychological well-being.

Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is a non-invasive tool able to consider autonomic nervous system activity. Previous studies have shown that pleasant feelings are associated with an increase of high frequencies variations index (HFnu index) reflecting a prevalence of parasympathetic activity. This one can be assess by a new monitor called NIPΣ (Neonatal index of parasympathetic activity) in newborns and ANI (Analgesic nociception index) in adults can provide a comfort index by quantifying the parasympathetic tone.

The investigators hypothesize that kangaroo care could induce an autonomic co-regulation between newborn and parent by increasing parasympathetic activity.

The study will involve 40 preterm or term newborns and their parent, performing a one hour kangaroo care session in intensive unit and neonatal intensive care unit from hospital of Saint-Etienne (France).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
newborn is above 28 weeks of gestational ageEvaluation of Autonomic nervous system indices40 parent-newborn duos in which the newborn is above 28 weeks of gestational age and less than 3 months of life and hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units of our university hospital (Saint-Etienne - France)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change form baseline high frequency index (HFnu) of variability RR short-term heart rate (HRV) in the frequency domain, from the parent and the child at 1 hourMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evaluation of the NIPE index of comfort and discomfort (Mdoloris Medical Systems ®) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

NIPΣ (neonatal index of parasympathetic activity) : evaluate the comfort of the newborn during the skin-to-skin session.

NIPΣ is physiologically above 60%. The threshold of discomfort in the newborn would correspond to a value \<60.

Ptot (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

VLF (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

ratio LF/HF (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

gestational ageat the inclusion
Ptot (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

SDANN (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

SD1 and SD2 (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

fractal index (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

VLF (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

Evaluation of the ANI index of comfort and discomfort (Mdoloris Medical Systems ®) for the parent.Minutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

ANI (analgesia nociception index) : evaluate an index of continuous analgesia during the skin-to-skin session.

ANI is physiologically above 60%. The threshold of discomfort in the newborn would correspond to a value \<60.

LF (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

HF (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

HF (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

ratio LF/HF (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

SDNN (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

SDNN (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

pNN30 and pNN50 (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

pNN30 and pNN50 (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

LF (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

SDANN (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

RMSSD (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

RMSSD (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

SD1 and SD2 (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

Poincaré-plot index (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

Poincaré-plot index (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

fractal index (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

entropy index (indices of variability of heart rate) for the parentMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

entropy index (indices of variability of heart rate) for the newbornMinutes 0 (early skin to skin), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Measured during the ECG recording

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Saint Etienne

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Saint-Étienne, France

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