Abstract
AbstractLow birth weight (LBW) is the most common cause of neonatal death. The management includes admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, use of high frequency oscillator, and so on. The conventional management of LBW babies also includes kangaroo mother care and tactile kinesthetic stimulation (TKS), which are both non-invasive and easily affordable. However, very few studies have compared these two techniques. Hence, the aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of kangaroo mother care (KMC) and TKS in LBW babies.This was an experimental study including 40 LBW babies weighing 1500–2500 g with gestational age of ≥32 weeks. Group A (n=20) was treated with KMC and group B (n=20) was treated with TKS for 5 consecutive days. The weight and parental bonding of all the neonates before and after intervention were recorded.The results of this study revealed that the neonates in both groups showed significant weight gain after 5 days of treatment (p=0.00001) However, in Group B, parental bonding scores were significantly decreased with p=0.0126.The present study concluded that KMC and TKS were equally effective in increasing the weight of the neonates and the mother-child bonding.
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