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Kangaroo Holding and Maternal Stress

NCT00271115 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2012-02-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective is to determine if kangaroo holding in the first week after birth influences the stress levels of mothers who have delivered their infants prematurely and who require admission to the Special Care Nursery (SCN).

Hypothesis: There will be a decrease in maternal stress levels as perceived by mothers and as reflected in their blood pressures and heart rates after kangaroo holding their premature infants in the SCN.

Conditions

  • Premature Birth
  • Maternal Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Kangaroo Holding

Mothers will be asked to Kangaroo hold their infants two times during the first week of life.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Christiana Care Health Services

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen A. Hall, BSN, RNC · Christiana Care Health Systems

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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