This project aims at testing the effect of applying the KMC on the premature infants' physiological outcomes. The findings of this project are expected to contribute to the discipline of preterm infants' care by providing evidence of the benefits, barriers, and facilities of providing the KMC in our Jordanian NICUs.
Premature infants are often unable physiologically to adapt well to the stressful environment of the NICU. These neonates are commonly at risk for the development of short and long term outcomes ranging from mild developmental delay to severe disability. The Kangaroo mother care approach (KMC) is developed to minimize the effect of prematurity and the NICU environmental stressors on premature infants. This project aims at assessing the neonatal nurses' knowledge and attitudes of the application of the KMC approach in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), testing the effect of applying the KMC on the premature infants' physiological outcomes, and exploring the mothers' lived experiences of providing KMC for their premature infants. The findings of this project are expected to contribute to the discipline of preterm infants' care by providing evidence of the benefits, barriers, and facilities of providing the KMC in our Jordanian NICUs.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
35
skin to skin contact between stable preterm infants and their naked mother's chest
Breastfeeding outcome
Breastfeeding outcome will be measured for both groups by the numbers of preterm infants discharged on either exclusive or partial breastfeeding
Time frame: 4-6 months
Body temperature
Axillary body temperature will be measured using an electronic thermometer
Time frame: 4-6 months
Heart rate (beat per minute)
Continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) data will be recorded from two surface chest electrodes
Time frame: 4-6 months
Respiratory activity (breath per minute)
A non-invasive signal monitor connected to the infant cardio-respiratory monitor that captures ECG and respiratory data will be used
Time frame: 4-6 months
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