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The Effect of Colic Massage and Kangaroo Care on Babies and Their Mothers

NCT06727760 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2024-12-11

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Summary

Background: Infantile colic is a condition characterized by inconsolable crying in infants under three months of age.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of colic massage and kangaroo care on infantile colic symptoms, crying, and sleep duration.

Method: Our study was conducted at the Child Health and Diseases Polyclinic of Atatürk city Hospital between March 2022 and April 2023. The study sample consisted of infants diagnosed with infantile colic who applied to the polyclinic and their mothers. 96 infants were randomly selected in our study using the randomization method. They were assigned to the massage, kangaroo care, and control groups. Infants in the colic massage and kangaroo care groups received interventions for 15-20 minutes in the morning and evening, while the control group received no intervention. Before the intervention, crying and sleep duration were monitored and recorded for 24 hours for one week in all three groups. Mothers continued the massage and kangaroo care application for 3 weeks. In the 3rd week of the application, 24-hour crying and sleep duration were recorded again for one week. Before and after the interventions, the Infantile Colic Scale (ICS) was applied to all three groups. The three groups were compared with the Wilcoxon test.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

massage

The mothers in the massage group applied colic massage according to the "Educational Colic Massage Checklist" twice a day for 15-20 minutes each time for three weeks, when the baby was calm and during colic attacks.

BEHAVIORAL

kangroo care

The mothers in the kangaroo care group applied kangaroo care according to the "Educational Kangaroo Care Checklist" twice a day for three weeks for 15-20 minutes each time when the baby was calm and during colic attacks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gulsah Sunay Ertem

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • nurcan özyazıcıoğlu, professor · bursa uludağ üniversitesi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Weeks
Max Age
8 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-08
Primary Completion
2023-02-22
Completion
2023-02-22

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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