Effect of Kangaroo Care on Test Weighing

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Conditions studied: Kangaroo Care, Weight Gain, Oxygen Saturation, Heart Rate

In brief

The study will be conducted with the Crossover Randomized Controlled Method. The infants who have attained oral feeding in the neonatal intensive care unit will be divided into two groups via randomization in the computer environment. After the randomization, kangaroo care will be applied to the infants in Group 1 during the first feeding hour when they are included in the study and they will be breastfed by their mothers without any other application during the next feeding. On the other hand, no application will be performed on the infants in Group 2 during the first feeding hour when they are included in the study and kangaroo care will be applied to them during the second feeding hour. The infants in both groups will be breastfed by their mothers during the feeding hours.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04252547

Run by

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

People needed

46

Starts

2024-06-09

Expected to finish

2026-01-09

Last updated by the study team

2025-05-02

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Agreeing to participate in the study for parents.
• The inclusion criteria for infants were as follows;
• Attaining to oral feeding by the physician in the neonatal intensive care unit
• Being born at 26-36+6 gestational week which is determined according to the mother's last period cycle
• Being at 32-39+6 postmenstrual week during the time they are included in the study
• Having body weight of 1500 grams and above
• Being breastfed at least once
• Having no health problems other than being preterm

You may not qualify if…

• The exclusion criteria for infants were as follows;
• Suffering from gastrointestinal, neurological or genetic diseases (such as necrotizing enterocolitis, intracranial bleeding, hydrocephalia, omphalocele, down syndrome, gastroschisis) and other diseases
• Having a condition obstructing oral feeding (such as cleft palate, cleft lip, facial muscle paralysis, craniofacial abnormalities etc.)
• Receiving oxygen support

Where it is running

• Istanbul Medipol University — Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)

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