Effect of kangaroo mother care on premature infants’ physiological indices and breastfeeding in the Fatemieh Hospital in Hamadan in 2015

Effect of kangaroo mother care on premature infants’s physiological indices and breastfeeding

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2015030310426N7

Enrollment

100

Registered

2015-04-02

Start date

2016-03-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified. 28 completed weeks or more but less than 37 completed weeks (196 completed days but less than 259 completed days) of gestation.

Interventions

Intervention 1: The infant in control group receive only routine care within the incubator and they will not remove from incubator except for feeding . In this group physiological indicators such as

The infant in control group receive only routine care within the incubator and they will not remove from incubator except for feeding . In this group physiological indicators such as weight gain bod

The infant in the intervention group receive KMC every day at least half an hour for four times during a day . Physiological indices (such as weight gain body temperature, oxygen saturation, pulse rat

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

1 Days to 28 Days

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 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

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Neonatal 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

Measure	Time frame
Neonatal infection. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Based on labratory tests.;Lenght of hospitalization. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Observation.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Parisa Parsa

Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

parsa@umsha.ac.ir+98 81 3838 0150

Outcome results

None listed

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