KANGAROO CARE
PEDIATRICS Vol. 102 No. 2 August 1998, p. e17
Kangaroo Mother Care and the Bonding Hypothesis
Réjean Tessier*, Marta Cristo, Stella Velez, Marta
Girón, SW; Zita Figueroa de Calume,
Juan G. Ruiz-Paláez¤, Yves Charpak, and Nathalie
Charpak
From the *School of Psychology, Laval University,
Québec, Canada; ISS-World Lab, Kangaroo Mother Care Program,
Clinica del Nino, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia; ¤
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Javeriana
University, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia; and EVAL (Institut
pour l'Évaluation dans le domaine Médical,
Médico-social et de Santé Publique), Paris, France.
TABLE 2
A Comparison Between the KMC Group and the TC Control Group
Based on Factors Related to Newborn Infants
|
|
| Variables |
KMC |
Controls |
F(p) |
Variables |
KMC |
Controls |
F(p) |
|
Weight at birth, g
(mean ± SD) |
1660 ± 268 |
1736 ± 259 |
.002 |
Distribution of weight at birth, g n (%) |
Length at birth, cm
|
41.4 ± 2.9 |
41.9 ± 2.8 |
.06 |
<1201
|
20 (8) |
16 (7) |
| (mean ± SD) |
|
|
|
1201-1500 |
45 (18) |
39 (16) |
.62 |
|
|
|
|
1501-2000 |
181 (74) |
187 (77) |
| Head perimeter at birth
(mean ± SD) |
30.3 ± 1.8 |
30.6 ± 1.7 |
.10 |
Lubchenco classification,
n (%) |
| Gestational age at birth |
33.1 ± 2.3 |
33.7 ± 2.6 |
.02 |
PT-AGA* |
175 (71) |
165 (68) |
| (mean ± SD) |
|
|
|
PT-SGA |
52 (21) |
48 (20) |
.29 |
| Male/female, n |
131/115 |
105/137 |
.03 |
T-SGA |
19 (8) |
29 (12) |
| Weight at eligibility, g
(mean ± SD) |
1633 ± 225 |
1707 ± 235 |
.000 |
Asphyxia according to Apgar at 1 min, n (%) |
| Age at eligibility (days) |
10.0 ± 10.5 |
8.6 ± 10.0 |
.11 |
No asphyxia (8-10) |
141 (64) |
137 (66) |
| (mean ± SD) |
|
|
|
Mild (6-7) |
68 (31) |
57 (27) |
.55 |
| Head perimeter, 41 weeks
(mean ± SD) |
34.7 ± 1.6 |
34.7 ± 1.6 |
.97 |
Moderate (4-5) |
8 (4) |
7 (3) |
|
|
|
|
Severe (0-3) |
4 (2) |
8 (4) |
| Weight (g) at 41 weeks
(mean ± SD) |
2851 ± 527 |
2855 ± 513 |
.93 |
Feeding, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
Breastfeeding only |
105 (43) |
111 (46) |
| Height at 41 weeks, cm |
46.8 ± 2.3 |
47.0 ± 2.3 |
.42 |
Breast and formula |
135 (55) |
111 (46) |
.01 |
| (mean ± SD) |
|
|
|
Formula |
6 (2.4) |
20 (8.3) |
|
| * PT-AGA indicates
preterm, appropriate for gestational age; PT-SGA, preterm, small
for gestational age; T-SGA, term, small for gestational age. |
|
Pediatrics (ISSN 0031 4005). © ©1998 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
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