THE EFFECT OF KANGAROO CARE METHOD ON THE CHANGE OF BODY TEMPERATURE IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS (LBWI)

Riska Aprilia Wardani,Dian Fitra Arismawati,Bety Maya Sari

doi:10.29082/ijnms/2018/vol2.iss02.131

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THE EFFECT OF KANGAROO CARE METHOD ON THE CHANGE OF BODY TEMPERATURE IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS (LBWI)  Bety Maya Sari1, Dian Fitra Arismawati2, Riska Aprilia Wardani3 Correspondence email : Mayasari.bety@gmail.com  Dian Husada Institute of Health Science Mojokerto  ABSTRACT  Introduction: Low Birth Weight Infants (LBWI) is infants with a birth weight of less than 2500 grams regardless of gestation. Babies with low birth weight (LBW) require proper care in order to avoid harmful things, one of which is Kangaroo Care Method. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of kangaroo care method on changes in body temperature in LBW infants. Methods: The research design used was pre-experimental with design category (One group pretest-Post). Sampling technique used is consecutive sampling technique. Independent variable in this research is kangaroo care method. Variable dependent in this research is body temperature change. The data were collected through observation analysis with Wilcoxon test to determine whether there was any difference between two samples. The Results: The result of measuring body temperature in Low Birth Weight Infants indicates a change of given intervention kangaroo care method in body temperature with body temperature average of 36.30 C and there are 2 infants who had a decrease in body temperature after a given intervention. The result of statistic test showed that there was effect of kangaroo care method with Z value of 3.114 and with significant level of 0.002. Conclusion: The results of the research above proves that kangaroo care method can increase body temperature of in infants who experience LBW, so the kangaroo care method could be a substitute for incubator in overcoming hypothermia in LBW infants.  Keywords: Kangaroo care method, body temperature, LBWI

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Low Birth Weight Babies (LBW) are babies with birth weight less than 2500 grams regardless of gestation
Observation results of measurements of body temperature changes in low birth weight (LBW) infants showed changes that were given to treatment interventions in kangaroo mother care method of body temperature with an average body temperature of 36.30C, and two babies experienced a decrease in body temperature after being given intervention
From the results of the above studies, it is proven that the treatment of kangaroo mother care method can increase body temperature in infants who experience LBW, so the treatment of kangaroo mother care method can be a substitute for the incubator in overcoming hypothermia in LBW infants

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Low Birth Weight Babies (LBW) are babies with birth weight less than 2500 grams regardless of gestation. Kangroo method treatment was first intoduced by Ryan and Martinez in Bogata, Columbia in 1979 as an alternative method of LBW care amid the high rates of low birth weight and the health facilities are limited. This method imitate of animals kangaroos have pouches whose baby is born prematurely, and after the kangaroo’s baby was born treated in the pouch kangaroo mother to prevent the baby kangaroo out of cold and get the nutriens from the mother kangaroo

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