Birth-Related Fatigue in 34–36-Week Preterm Neonates: Rapid Recovery With Very Early Kangaroo (Skin-to-Skin) Care

Ludington‐Hoe, Susan M.; Anderson, Gene Cranston; Simpson, Sharleen H.; Hollingsead, Annie; Argote, Luz Ángela; Rey, Humberto

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6909.1999.tb01970.x

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“…Mother's attachment tool was used to define attachment and anxiety regarding children (35,36). The mean scores at the end of neonatal period in KMC and CMC were respectively 28.42 ± 3.32 and 26.07 ± 4.16 in Karimi et al study (P = 0.02) and respectively -3.07 ± 3.05 and -1.71 ±2.91 in Nematbakhsh et al study (P < 0.01), which were similar to the results of Ludington-Hoe et al study (65).…”

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The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal Outcomes in Iranian Hospitals: A Review

Sarparast¹,

Farhadi²,

Sarparast³

et al. 2015

J Pediatr Rev

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Context: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a supportive technique that beings at the neonatal period and is one of the skin-to-skin contact methods of holding neonate by mother. This method has an important role in exclusive breastfeeding and thermal care of neonates. This study aimed to investigate the application of KMC and evaluate the effect of this technique in different neonatal outcomes, particularly in Iranian neonates. Moreover, this review can be a tool for formative evaluation for this newly introduced treatment intervention in Iran. Evidence Acquisition: This review was conducted in national and international databases concerning experience with KMC on term and preterm neonates admitted in Iranian hospitals from 2006 to 2014. The measured outcomes included physiologic, psychologic, and clinical effects of this practice on newborn infants. Results: In this study, 42 Persian and English language papers were reviewed and finally 26 articles were selected. Various effects of KMC on different factors such as analgesia; physiological effects, breastfeeding, icterus, length of hospitalization, infection, psychologic effects, and weight gain were found. Conclusions:The results showed that as a simple and suitable strategy for increasing the health status of the mothers and newborns, KMC had an important role in improvement of neonatal outcomes in neonatal wards of Iranian hospitals in recent ten years. Therefore, promoting this technique in all neonatal wards of the country can promote health status of this population.

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Section: Psychologic Effectssupporting

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The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal Outcomes in Iranian Hospitals: A Review

Sarparast¹,

Farhadi²,

Sarparast³

et al. 2015

J Pediatr Rev

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“…Research on preterm infants primarily addresses kangaroo (skin-to-skin) holding, in which the mother holds the infant vertically in skin-to-skin contact. This research suggests that kangaroo holding has a positive effect on infant development and the mother-infant relationship (Feldman & Eidelman, 2003;Ludington-Hoe et al, 1999).…”

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Coregulation in Salivary Cortisol During Maternal Holding of Premature Infants

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Laudenslager

Robinson

2008

Biological Research For Nursing

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The two variables with the highest correlation with the Time 1/Time 2 difference score included antenatal steroids and ambient sound level, which were entered into a linear regression equation as predictor variables. A coregulatory relationship in cortisol levels existed between mothers and infants during holding, which was moderated by sound levels. Nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can facilitate the mother-infant relationship, as reflected in coregulatory measures, by promoting a quiet environment, particularly around mothers who are holding their infants.

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“…Since the KC method was first introduced for preterm infants in Bogota, South America, 24 this form of skinto-skin contact has been found furthermore to improve state regulation, neurobehavioral status, and autonomic maturation in preterm infants surviving to term age. [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] KC is supposed to help the newborn regulate himself/herself in the presence of incoming information from the outside world, 32,[35][36][37] suggesting that maternal contact could establish a protective function by raising the infant's regulatory threshold for aversive stimuli in the environment. This protective function in turn seems to promote attention and exploration.…”

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The Effect of Skin-to-Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care) Shortly After Birth on the Neurobehavioral Responses of the Term Newborn: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

2004

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Background. The method of skin-to-skin contact (kangaroo care [KC]) has shown physiologic, cognitive, and emotional gains for preterm infants; however, KC has not been studied adequately in term newborns. Aims. To evaluate the effect of KC, used shortly after delivery, on the neurobehavioral responses of the healthy newborn. Study Design. A randomized, controlled trial using a table of random numbers. After consent, the mothers were assigned to 1 of 2 groups: KC shortly after delivery or a no-treatment standard care (control group). Subjects. Included were 47 healthy mother-infant pairs. KC began at 15 to 20 minutes after delivery and lasted for 1 hour. Control infants and KC infants were brought to the nursery 15 to 20 and 75 to 80 minutes after birth, respectively. Results. During a 1-hour-long observation, starting at 4 hours postnatally, the KC infants slept longer, were mostly in a quiet sleep state, exhibited more flexor movements and postures, and showed less extensor movements. Conclusions. KC seems to influence state organization and motor system modulation of the newborn infant shortly after delivery. The significance of our findings for supportive transition from the womb to the extrauterine environment is discussed. Medical and nursing staff may be well advised to provide this kind of care shortly after birth.

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Birth-Related Fatigue in 34–36-Week Preterm Neonates: Rapid Recovery With Very Early Kangaroo (Skin-to-Skin) Care

Cited by 64 publications

References 23 publications

The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal Outcomes in Iranian Hospitals: A Review

The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Neonatal Outcomes in Iranian Hospitals: A Review

Coregulation in Salivary Cortisol During Maternal Holding of Premature Infants

The Effect of Skin-to-Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care) Shortly After Birth on the Neurobehavioral Responses of the Term Newborn: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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