Effect of Kangaroo Baby Massage on Mother-infant Interaction at Home

Effect of a Nursing Intervention on the Mother-baby Kangaroo Interaction at Home in Bogotá

The objective of this randomized clinical trial will determine the effectiveness of nursing intervention (Kangaroo Baby Massage) on the interaction between mothers and premature, low birth weight infants at home The dyad mother- infant of the control group will receive Kangaroo position KP and the dyad mother- infant mothers of the intervention group will receive the Kangaroo Baby Massage KBM

Participants and methods: 68 dyads mother-infant will randomize, 34 in intervention KBM group and 34 in control group KP, previous they meet inclusion criteria and accept their participation through informed consent. weight gain and Kangaroo position days at home will be the primaries outcomes. The Alert states, Types of BC feeding, Perceived maternal parental self-efficacy and Postnatal depression. Will be secondary outcomes.

Barnard's mother-child interaction theory supports the study

Inclusion Criteria

• Prematures and low birth weight infants in Kangaroo position with a chronological age less than 3 months
• The mothers take care the infant at home
• Baby with a weight equal to or greater than 1800 grams at the time of entry to the study.
• Baby whose birth was institutional or extra-institutional.
• Mothers with training in the Kangaroo Mother Program
• Children controlled in the Ambulatory Kangaroo Mother Program

Exclusion Criteria

• Children diagnosed with intraventricular hemorrhages grade III and IV or congenital malformations
• Children who have more than one ambulatory kangaroo control
• Children who have been at home for more than 3 days without starting the ambulatory kangaroo control
• Babies with infections and other pathologies that require hospitalization during the study
• Presence of infectious diseases and other pathologies in the mother that require hospitalization
• Mother confirmed with positive test for covid 19 at the moment of the randomization
• Mothers with cognitive problems or mental disorders.