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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF APPLICATION OF KANGAROO MOTHER CARE ON PRETERM INFANTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AT KHARTOUM STATE HOSPITALS – SUDAN

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Pediatric Nursing

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Background:Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is an effective, affordable, and acceptable intervention for preterm infants. Therefore, KMC can be actual in reducing potential complications in preterm infants. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the application of kangaroo mother care on preterm infants in intensive care units at Khartoum state hospitals – Sudan. Subjects and Methods design: thequasi-experiment. Setting It was completed in 6 hospitals, for 5 months period. Subjects: the whole of the preterm infants in this research was medically stable divided up into two groups (intervention and control). Tools Data was gathered using a structured questionnaire, weighting scale, pulse oximeter, hand clock, and logbook.  Preterm infant weight, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, and heart rate were evaluated among the two groups. Results:  Over the constitutive 5 days, weight gained significantly in the intervention group (1332.36±87.27 versus 1361.60±91.22) gained about 29 gram, while control group(1332.36±87.27 vs 1338.82±86.57) gained about 7 gram, the mean difference in weight gain was significant. Oxygen saturation increased significantly in the intervention group (92.28±1.81 versus 97.39±1.57) increased 5, while control group (95.13±2.11 versus 96.42±1.69) increased by 1. Conclusion: According to the outcomes of this study, a premature newborn who received kangaroo mother care improved significantly in weight, oxygen saturation, heart rate, and respiratory rate. Recommendations: KMC may be the most effective neonatal nursing intervention in ICU, therefore, to develop KMC implementation in Sudan will require a larger and better equipped KMC hospital ward, as well as consistent KMC training for nursing staff.  

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2022.103254.1159

Keywords

Kangaroo mother care, preterm infants, Neonatal care

Authors

First Name

MAYSA

Last Name

Ismail

MiddleName

Saber

Affiliation

pediatric nursing,damanhour univerisity

Email

maysa.ismail@nur.dmu.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0002-1958-5825

First Name

Ragaa

Last Name

Mohmmed

MiddleName

Gasim

Affiliation

Assistant Professor in Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Nursing Department, Albaha University, Saudi – Arabia

Email

ragy254@yahoo.com

City

Albaha

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Volume

9

Article Issue

3

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38284

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2021-11-02

Publish Date

2022-12-31

Page Start

26

Page End

42

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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Original Article

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866

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF APPLICATION OF KANGAROO MOTHER CARE ON PRETERM INFANTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AT KHARTOUM STATE HOSPITALS – SUDAN

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22 Jan 2023