The Effect of Kangaroo Care After Cardiac Surgery

Istinye University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Infant ALL

Treatments: Other: Kangaroo care; Other: Standard care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06400446

ISU-23-259

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of kangaroo care on the vital signs of infants undergoing cardiac surgery.

Hypothesis 1 (H1): Oxygen saturation levels of babies who are given kangaroo care are higher than babies who are not given kangaroo care.

Hypothesis 2 (H2): The peak heart rate of infants who receive kangaroo care is lower than infants who do not receive kangaroo care.

Hypothesis 3 (H3): The respiratory rate of infants who receive kangaroo care is lower than infants who do not receive kangaroo care.

Hypothesis 4 (H4): The arterial blood pressure of infants who receive kangaroo care is lower than infants who do not receive kangaroo care.

Hypothesis 5 (H5): The pain score of infants who received kangaroo care is lower than infants who did not receive kangaroo care.

Full description

Kangaroo care has been found to be a feasible intervention before and after cardiac surgery to support infants with congenital heart disease, but it has been stated that formal standards and procedures need to be developed to transform kangaroo care into practice. Skin-to-skin contact is a low-cost, low-risk intervention that supports comfort and contributes to physiological stability in infants before and after neonatal cardiac surgery. It positively affects the pain level of infants. Clinical studies on the application of kangaroo mother care on infants undergoing cardiac surgery are limited in the literature.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 30 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The gestational week of the infant is greater than 37 weeks
• Cardiac surgery operation within the first 30 days of life
• The infant's chest incision is closed

Exclusion criteria

• The infant has non-cardiac congenital defects or syndrome
• Intubation of the infant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group (standard care)

Other group

Description:

The babies in this group will receive the standard care of the unit.

Treatment:

Other: Standard care

Experimental group (Kangaroo care)

Experimental group

Description:

Kangaroo care will be applied to the experimental group for seven days.

Treatment:

Other: Kangaroo care