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Background: Infantile colic has been defined as episodes of
excessive and persistent crying without known medical cause. Kangaroo
mother care is a new method for baby care with several advantages. A
universally available and biologically sound method of care for all newborns,
with three components: skin-to-skin contact, exclusive breastfeeding, support
to the mother-infant dyad. This study designed
for evaluating Kangaroo mother care
on infantile colic.
Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial. From
1th may 2008
to 1 may 2009
a total of 70 children, aged 3-12
weeks with persistent colic symptoms were studied. The
children were referred to Sheikh clinic, Mashhad,
Iran,
because of excessive crying. Normal mother-infant
pairs were recruited at 3 to 12
weeks of age after obtaining baseline for two days. Subjects
divided randomly to kangaroo care or conventional care group and mothers in
both groups filled diary for seven days.
Results: In the beginning of the study, the infants in kangaroo
care group had 3.5 hr/d crying and after
the intervention, it decreased to 1.7 hr/d,
the difference were significant (p<0.05).
But there were no difference in feeding duration
between two groups (p=0.2).
Awake and content (normal
behavior) behaviors were
significantly increased in the kangaroo care group (p=0.001).
Sleep duration was significantly increased in
the kangaroo care group (p=0.02).
Conclusions: Kangaroo
care may be used as a simple and safe method for treatment of infantile colic.
