The Effect of Kangaroo Care and Lullaby on Mother-Baby Physiological Parameters and Mother's State Anxiety Level
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Kangaroo Care, Kangaroo Care+lullabies.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: The Gestational Age of the Newborn is Between 28-37 Weeks, Stable Health Status of the Newborn, Mothers' Willingness to Participate in the Study. Basic parameters: 28 Weeks — 37 Weeks · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
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Official title
The Effect of Kangaroo Care and Lullaby on Mother-Baby Physiological Parameters and Mother's State Anxiety Level in Premature Newborns: A Randomized Controlled Study
Overview
This study was planned to investigate the effect of kangaroo care and lullaby on mother-baby physiologic parameters and mother's state anxiety level in premature newborns.
Detailed description
Due to health problems, premature infants are subjected to many painful and uncomfortable interventions such as intubation and respiratory support, umbilical catheter, intravenous interventions, nasogastric catheter, sometimes gastrostomy, peritoneal dialysis, eye examinations and operations. The premature newborn may therefore be deprived of compassionate care that will provide comfort, such as sucking, cuddling, touching and eye contact, which are basic needs. The mother-infant relationship may be negatively affected because premature babies are different from what is imagined and have some health problems and are transferred to the intensive care unit. The birth of a premature baby, which is a crisis for the whole family, can cause intense anxiety and fear that the mother will lose her baby. The mother may avoid touching her baby for fear of harming her baby, and participating in the care of her baby can be very difficult and anxiety-provoking. Nurses working in the neonatal service and neonatal intensive care unit play a major role in ensuring mother-infant interaction in premature babies. It should enable the mother to share the same room (rooming-in), skin-to-skin contact (kangaroo care), eye-to-eye contact, hugging her baby, participating in the care of her baby and maintaining breastfeeding, which will increase the intimacy between mother and baby. Kangaroo care is a method in which newborns are placed on their mothers' chests, facing the mother, and skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby is ensured in order to ensure the early discharge of the baby from the hospital and to ensure that the baby starts to benefit from breast milk as soon as possible. Kangaroo care should be initiated as early as possible in the delivery room or neonatal intensive care unit to ensure thermal regulation, physiological stability, appropriate stimulation and to increase the rate of attachment and breastfeeding. It is known that the fetus recognizes the mother's voice from the 32nd week of gestation and in the postnatal period and responds with parameters such as increased pulse rate. It is argued that lullaby recital in neonatal intensive care has a relaxing effect on the newborn by masking environmental stressors and negative sounds. During kangaroo care, the baby's ear rests directly against the mother's breast, skin-to-skin contact and sounds are transferred to the baby through tissue and air, and the mother's voice is compared to the fetal auditory environment that the baby hears in the uterus, and it is thought that the positive effects on the mother and baby should be examined. This study was planned to examine the effect of kangaroo care and lullaby on the physiologic parameters of the mother and infant and the mother's state anxiety level in premature newborns. Thus, it is aimed to provide physiological stability in the infant and to increase mother-infant bonding by determining the effect of kangaroo care and lullaby, which are safe, inexpensive and easily applicable methods, on the vital signs of the mother and infant and the anxiety level of the mother.
Interventions
- Behavioral Kangaroo Care
Kangaroo care practice will be carried out in 3 stages: "preparation, implementation and recording stage". Vital signs of the baby such as body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate will be evaluated and necessary materials such as hats and covers will be prepared. In the implementation phase; the general condition of the baby will be checked, clothing and position will be adjusted, and then the baby will be transferred to the mother. After the baby is placed, his/her back will be covered wi - Behavioral Kangaroo Care+lullabies
For the babies in the other group, their mothers will sing lullabies along with kangaroo care and inclusion in the groups will be done by randomization.
Primary outcome measures
- 1. Mother and Newborn Introductory Information Form [Time frame: First measurement - Before starting the study]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- 2. Mother Infant Physiologic Parameters Monitoring Form [Time frame: Before and after the intervention for 3 days after starting the study]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- The gestational age of the newborn is between 28-37 weeks,
- Stable health status of the newborn,
- Mothers' willingness to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
- The gestational week of the newborn is below 28 weeks and above 37 weeks
- Unstable health status of the newborn,
- Hospitalization for at least 3 days,
- Parents were not willing to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria (during the research):
- Sudden need for resuscitation
- Sudden deterioration of the stabilization of health status
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Publications
- Yasova Barbeau D, Krueger C, Huene M, Copenhaver N, Bennett J, Weaver M, Weiss MD. Heart rate variability and inflammatory markers in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Physiol Rep. 2019 Aug;7(15):e14110. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14110. PMID 31397094
- Öner N, Le Compte A. Durumluk Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri El Kitabı, İstanbul, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1983.
- Butcher NJ, Monsour A, Mew EJ, Chan AW, Moher D, Mayo-Wilson E, Terwee CB, Chee-A-Tow A, Baba A, Gavin F, Grimshaw JM, Kelly LE, Saeed L, Thabane L, Askie L, Smith M, Farid-Kapadia M, Williamson PR, Szatmari P, Tugwell P, Golub RM, Monga S, Vohra S, Marlin S, Ungar WJ, Offringa M. Guidelines for Reporting Outcomes in Trial Reports: The CONSORT-Outcomes 2022 Extension. JAMA. 2022 Dec 13;328(22):225 PMID 36511921
- Arnon S, Diamant C, Bauer S, Regev R, Sirota G, Litmanovitz I. Maternal singing during kangaroo care led to autonomic stability in preterm infants and reduced maternal anxiety. Acta Paediatr. 2014 Oct;103(10):1039-44. doi: 10.1111/apa.12744. Epub 2014 Aug 11. PMID 25039678
- Tar Bolacali E, Kucukoglu S, Aksu E. Impact of Kangaroo Care and Lullaby Intervention on Maternal Anxiety and Physiological Stability of Mothers and Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Study. Adv Neonatal Care. 2026 Jun 18. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000001396. Online ahead of print. PMID 42307478
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06964204 · SU-2025-041