The Effect of Kangaroo Care on Sleep Duration in Preterm Infants
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This study aimed to compare the average sleep duration of preterm infants between Kangaroo care and usual care. A quasi-experimental study with a crossover design was used. The samples consisted of 20 pairs of mothers and preterm infants recruited using purposive sampling from one university hospital, Pathum Thani Province, during May–September 2018. Each pair of samples was randomly assigned to either the experiment or the control situation first and vice versa. The Kangaroo care is a method of holding a baby that involves skin-to-skin contact. The sleep-wake state was evaluated using the tape record and evaluation guidelines. The data were analyzed using paired t-test or Wilcoxon Signed-rank test. The findings showed that the preterm infants during Kangaroo care had the average sleep time longer than during usual care with a statistical significance. The results of this study support the study hypothesis and assure the WHO
recommendation to provide Kangaroo care for at least one hour and keep continuing as long as possible for the optimum benefit of Kangaroo care.
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บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในรามาธิบดีพยาบาลสาร ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่หรือเพื่อกระทำการใด ใด จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากรามาธิบดีพยาบาลสารก่อนเท่านั้น
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