NCT01865409

Effect of Kangaroo Care on Heart Rate Variability

Does Kangaroo Care Effects on Heart Rate Variability in Neonates

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fatih University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 32 Weeks – 35 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Physiological processes leading to a preterm infant to be able to feed orally has not been fully understood. The investigators hypothesized that maturation of autonomic nervous system may play a major role in this process and kangaroo care may accelerate this maturation. The investigators will use heart rate variability to measure the maturation of autonomic nervous system.

Conditions

• Immaturity
• Oral Intolerance
• Postnatal Adaptation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Kangaroo Care	Kangaroo care is a technique practiced on newborn, usually preterm, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-06-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2013-05-30
• Last updated: 2014-09-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)