The Effectiveness of Mother Infant Interaction on infantile colic

Authors

  • Abolghasem Saeidi Msc of Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
  • Maryam Ziadi Lotf Abadi MD-MPH, Department of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Reza Saeidi Neonatalogist, Associate Professor of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract:

Introduction: Infantile colic has been defined as episodes of excessive and persistent crying without known medical cause. Kangaroo mother care is a new method for case of newborn with several advantages. This study designed for evolution KMC and its effect on infantile colic. Methods: This study is a randomized controlled trial, from 1th may 2008 to 1th may 2009 a total of 70 children, aged 3-12 weeks with persistent colic symptoms that referred to sheikh children hospital (Clinic). Normal mother-infant pairs were recruited at 3 to 12 weeks of age after obtaining baseline for two days. All cases divided randomly to kangaroo care and conventional care group. For analyzing the data we used 2-sample t test, X² test and fisher exact test. Results: In the begining of study, the kangaroo care group had 3.5hr/d crying and after the intervention, it decreased to 1.7hr/d, the difference were significant (P

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Journal title

volume 4  issue 4

pages  34- 38

publication date 2014-01-01

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