Effect of Kangaroo Care on Test Weighing

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Kangaroo Care
• Weight Gain
• Oxygen Saturation
• Heart Rate

Interventions

OTHER

Kangaroo Care

The preprocedural measurements (weight, heart rate, and oxygen saturation) will be recorded before the first feeding hour when they are included in the study and then they will be held on their mothers' chest for skin-to-skin kangaroo care for half an hour. Their heart rate and oxygen saturation will be recorded for half an hour. At the end of the kangaroo care, the infant will be breastfed by his/her mother. A chronometer will be started at that moment he/she begins sucking and terminated when he/she stops. The infant's heart rate and oxygen saturation will also continue to be recorded during the breastfeeding process. When the breastfeeding process is over, the infant will be allowed to rest in his/her mother's arms for two minutes and his/her physiological parameters will be recorded. Following the breastfeeding process, the infant will be weight is measured without a diaper change and his/her weight will be recorded. Then he/she will be taken back in the incubator to sleep.

OTHER

Control

The preprocedural measurements (weight, heart rate, and oxygen saturation) will be recorded before feeding when they are included in the study and then they will be breastfed by their mothers. The chronometer will be started at that moment he/she begins sucking and terminated when he/she stops. Also, the infant's heart rate and oxygen saturation will continue to be recorded during the breastfeeding process. When the breastfeeding process is over, the infant will be allowed to rest in his/her mother's arms for two minutes and his/her physiological parameters will be recorded. Following the breastfeeding process, the infant will be weighed without a diaper change and his/her weight will be recorded. When the care process is over, it will be taken back in the incubator to sleep.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Duygu Gözen, Assoc. Prof. · Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing

• Ayhan Taştekin, prof. · Istanbul Medipol University, Pediatrics

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

32 Weeks

Max Age

40 Weeks

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-06-09

Primary Completion

2025-09-09

Completion

2026-01-09

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations