Maternal-fetal and neonatal characteristics associated with Kangaroo-Mother Care Method adherence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the association of maternal and neonatal characteristics with the adherence status to the in-hospital stages of the Kangaroo-Mother Care Method - KMC (full, partial, and no-adherence).

Methods

Retrospective cohort study including infants < 2500 g admitted to a reference maternity hospital for the KMC in Rio de Janeiro from January to December 2018. Maternal and neonatal characteristics were distributed according to the adherence status to the KMC in-hospital stages. In the first stage, KMC is performed in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Conventional Neonatal Intermediate Care Unit. The second stage is completed in Kangaroo Neonatal Intermediate Care Unit. Multinomial multiple regression was performed with KMC adherence as a three-category dependent var

SUBMITTER: Campanha PPA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10373141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature