Kangaroo Care and Premature Infant Sleep

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Conditions studied: Premature Birth of Newborn

In brief

90 preterm infants were randomly assigned to kangaroo care (skin-to-=skin, chest-to-chest) group (n=50) or control (remained in incubator, prone (n=40) for a pretest period of 2- 3 hours, then fed, then KC group was placed in KC and control group remained in incubator for a 2-3 hr test period. EEG measures of sleep, HR, and RR were taken. .

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02473055

Run by

Case Western Reserve University

People needed

90

Starts

2003-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-18

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects whose five-minute APGARS were greater than 6, gestational age was 28 or more weeks at birth, and whose testing weight was greater than 1000 grams were included.

You may not qualify if…

• Infants with encephalopathy, intraventricular hemorrhage greater than grade II, white matter lucencies on cranial ultrasound, seizures, meningitis, or congenital brain malformations were excluded

Where it is running

• UH hospitals — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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