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Comparison of Kangaroo Mother Care with Conventional Care in Newborns in Terms of Frequency of Successful First Breastfeeding and Time to Initiate Breast Feeding.
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal . Jun2022, Vol. 72 Issue 3, p1008-1012. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: To compare kangaroo mother care with conventional care in newborns regarding the frequency of successful first breastfeeding and time to initiate breastfeeding. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Pediatrics and obstetrics CMH Bahawalpur from Feb 2019 to Jun 2020. Methodology: 120 infant-mother couples were included in the study. Sixty infant-mother couples were randomly allocated to each group (120 infants). Group A was nursed with kangaroo mother care (KMC), and Group B was nursed with conventional care (CC). The frequency of the first successful feed was assessed, and the time taken to initiate breastfeeding was documented. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in weight, gestational age and gender distribution between the two groups. 65 (54.25%) infants had successful first breastfeeding in the study population. 38 (63.3%) of the infants had first successful breastfeeding as per the Infant Breast feeding Assessment Tool (IBFAT) in group A (KMC) as compared to 27 (45%) in group B (Conventional Care). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant, with a p-value of 0.044. Mean time for first successful breastfeeding was significantly less for the KMC group as compared to the conventional group with a p-value of <0.001. Kangaroo mother care resulted in a higher frequency of successful first feed, and meantime for initiation of feeding was also less than conventional care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00309648
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158006413
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v72i3.6889