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Effect of Kangaroo Care on Heart Rate Variability

NCT01865409 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2014-09-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Physiological processes leading to a preterm infant to be able to feed orally has not been fully understood. The investigators hypothesized that maturation of autonomic nervous system may play a major role in this process and kangaroo care may accelerate this maturation. The investigators will use heart rate variability to measure the maturation of autonomic nervous system.

Conditions

  • Immaturity
  • Oral Intolerance
  • Postnatal Adaptation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Kangaroo Care

Kangaroo care is a technique practiced on newborn, usually preterm, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fatih University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mehmet Kenan Kanburoglu, MD · Neonatologist

  • Mehmet Nevzat Cizmeci, MD · Neonatologist

  • Mustafa Mansur Tatli, MD, Prof · Neonatologist

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
32 Weeks
Max Age
35 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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