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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

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

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20090405001788N19
Enrollment
80
Registered
2018-04-08
Start date
2018-03-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-05-21

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Conditions

Premature infants. Other low birth weight newborn

Interventions

Intervention 1: In order to evaluate the effect of massage on weight loss in low birthweight and self-efficacy of mothers, massage will be performed for 60 days. Sampling is done in randomized blocks
c) conducting 2 one-hour training sessions by the researcher
d) practicing a mother in the presence of a researcher on a simple neonatal model that is available for routine training at the nursing school. An occupational therapist, along with a researcher, will

Sponsors

Iran University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
No minimum to 60 Days

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
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.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Leili Borimnejad

Iran University of Medical Sciences

borimnejad.l@iums.ac.ir+98 21 4365 1708

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026