Condition 1: anxiety. Condition 2: preterm infant. Generalized anxiety disorder Other preterm infants
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: Being Muslim; having primary school education (minimum); Persian speaking; not having known mental illness based on mother's statements; non-use of antidepressant drug or narcotics based on mother's statements; no history of preterm infant hospitalization in previous pregnancies; not being exposed to any other stressful event in the last 6 months; confirmation of the mother's ability to perform kangaroo care by their physician; having a neonate with a gestational age of at least 28th week to the end of the 36th week; neonate with postnatal age of 3-5 days; absence of any congenital abnormality in neonate; single preterm infant. Exclusion Criteria: Mother's unwillingness to continue cooperation; neonatal death; physical manifestation of any illness in neonate during the study; neonatal need for ventilator during the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Heart rate. Timepoint: 10 minutes before, during and 10 minutes after kangaroo care. Method of measurement: Pulse oximetry.;Mothers anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: speilberger anxiety questionnaire.;Respiration rate. Timepoint: 10 minutes before, during and 10 minutes after kangaroo care. Method of measurement: Observation.;Blood oxygen saturation. Timepoint: 10 minutes before, during and 10 minutes after kangaroo care. Method of measurement: Pulse oximetry. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences - Hazrat-e-Fatemeh Nursing and Midwifery Faculty