Evidence · Research paper
The effect of kangaroo mother care on physiological parameters of premature infants in Hamadan City, Iran.
- Comfort and nursing care
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Developmental care and positioning
- Family-integrated care
- Medical
- Nursing
- Postnatal and transitional care
- Thermoregulation
This paper is from 2018, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This quasi-experimental study from a single NICU in Hamadan, Iran, compared one hour of daily kangaroo mother care over seven days with routine incubator care in 100 premature infants. Heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation and temperature were compared before and after the intervention. The authors report significant improvements in physiological indices with kangaroo care. They recommend incorporating kangaroo care into the routine care of preterm infants.
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