PMID- 37543716
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231010
LR  - 20231010
IS  - 1651-2227 (Electronic)
IS  - 0803-5253 (Linking)
VI  - 112
IP  - 11
DP  - 2023 Nov
TI  - The beneficial effect of early and prolonged kangaroo mother care on long-term 
      neuro-developmental outcomes in low birth neonates - A cohort study.
PG  - 2400-2407
LID - 10.1111/apa.16939 [doi]
AB  - AIM: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has immense short-term benefits, but data on 
      long-term outcomes are scarce. Hence, this study aimed to compare the 
      neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 months of corrected age (CA) in infants <2000 g 
      receiving early and prolonged KMC to a control group. METHODS: This was a cohort 
      study that was conducted from January 2017 to November 2018. All neonates<2000 g 
      were eligible for the study. Neonates that received early initiation (<72 h of 
      life) and prolonged KMC comprised the intervention group and were compared to 
      neonates without the intervention. Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler 
      Development, Third edition (BSID-III) was done at 12 months of CA, and this was 
      analysed using t-test and multi-linear regression analysis. RESULTS: There were 
      75 neonates in the intervention and 69 in the control group. Baseline 
      characteristics were comparable. We found higher composite scores for cognition 
      (110.38 +/- 9.89 vs. 105.44 +/- 8.77, p value = 0.023), language (107.51 +/- 10.72 vs. 
      101.05 +/- 12.06, p value = 0.014) and adaptive behaviour (87.97 +/- 9.97 vs. 
      80 +/- 9.1, p value<0.001) in the early and prolonged KMC group in comparison to 
      the control group. CONCLUSION: Infants with early and prolonged KMC have better 
      neurodevelopmental outcomes in terms of cognition, language and adaptive 
      behaviour at 12 months of CA.
CI  - (c) 2023 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
FAU - Bisanalli, Shridevi
AU  - Bisanalli S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2062-4529
AD  - Department of Neonatology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, India.
FAU - Balachander, Bharathi
AU  - Balachander B
AD  - Department of Neonatology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, India.
FAU - Shashidhar, A
AU  - Shashidhar A
AD  - Department of Neonatology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, India.
FAU - Raman, Vijaya
AU  - Raman V
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, India.
FAU - Josit, Pavitra
AU  - Josit P
AD  - St.John's Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
FAU - Rao, Suman Pn
AU  - Rao SP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9721-0308
AD  - Department of Neonatology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, 
      Karnataka, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230815
PL  - Norway
TA  - Acta Paediatr
JT  - Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
JID - 9205968
SB  - IM
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Infant
MH  - Child
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Kangaroo-Mother Care Method
MH  - Infant, Low Birth Weight
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Weight Gain
MH  - Length of Stay
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - cognition
OT  - kangaroo mother care
OT  - language
OT  - low birth weight
OT  - neurodevelopmental outcome
EDAT- 2023/08/06 05:42
MHDA- 2023/10/10 06:41
CRDT- 2023/08/05 23:43
PHST- 2023/07/31 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/04/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/08/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/10/10 06:41 [medline]
PHST- 2023/08/06 05:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/08/05 23:43 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/apa.16939 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Paediatr. 2023 Nov;112(11):2400-2407. doi: 10.1111/apa.16939. Epub 2023 Aug 
      15.