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- Title
When alternative female Kangaroo care is provided by other immediate postpartum mothers, it reduces postprocedural pain in preterm babies more than swaddling.
- Authors
Murmu, Jitendranath; Venkatnarayan, Kannan; Thapar, Rajeev Kumar; Shaw, Subhash Chandra; Dalal, Shamsher Singh
- Abstract
<bold>Aim: </bold>Research on alternative female Kangaroo care (KC) has been hampered by high maternal refusal rates. We assessed the efficacy of Kangaroo mother care (KMC), alternative KC provided by other postpartum mothers and swaddling for postprocedural pain relief in preterm babies.<bold>Methods: </bold>The study was carried out in a tertiary armed forces hospital, where mothers did not have support from other female relatives and other postpartum mothers agreed to act as alternative female KC providers. We exposed 51 stable preterm neonates, with a gestational age of 30-36 weeks, to KMC, alternative female KC and swaddling for 30 minutes before heel lancing. The outcome measures included the Preterm Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) scores at 30 seconds and the time taken for the heart rate to return to baseline.<bold>Results: </bold>The mean PIPP scores were lower with KMC (10.59) and alternative female KC (11.24) than swaddling (12.96) and heart rate normalisation took 111, 117 and 149 seconds respectively. The p values were <0.001 for individual groups and outcomes. KMC fared better than alternative female KC for both pain (p = 0.045) and heart rate (p = 0.013).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Providing KMC and alternative female KC before heel lancing resulted in better pain relief than swaddling.
- Subjects
PREMATURE infants; POSTNATAL care; SWADDLING; MATERNAL health services; ANALGESIA; HEALTH outcome assessment; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Acta Paediatrica, 2017, Vol 106, Issue 3, p411
- ISSN
0803-5253
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/apa.13716