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Kangaroo Care and Premature Infant Sleep

NCT02473055 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2015-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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. .

Conditions

  • Premature Birth of Newborn

Interventions

OTHER

Kangaroo Care

skin-to-skin, chest-to-chest placement of diaper clad preterm infant up against his mother's chest and covered by a receiving blanket folded into fourths for 2-3 hours from one feeding to the next.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Case Western Reserve University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Susan Ludington · Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Days
Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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