The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Rooting – Sucking Reflex on Low Birthweight Infant

Abstract

Backgrounds:Kangaroo Mother Care is one of the methods used for babies with low birth weight, especially those with birth weight < 2000 grams. Kangaroo Mother Care is skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby, known as skin-to-skin contact. Kangaroo Mother Care is a natural approach that costs nothing and is very easy to use.
 aim: The objective of this research was to the effectiveness of Kangaroo Mother Care on Rooting – Sucking Reflex on low birth weight infant
 Methods:This type of study is a quasi-experimental research design with pre-test and post-test with control group design. This research was conducted at RSUD Dr RM Djoelham Binjai in October - November 2021. The population in this study were all 40 LBW people with a total sampling technique (saturated sampling). This study has been approved by the Health Research Ethics Committee from Prima Indonesia University. The statistical test used is the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
 Results:The result of the study showed that there was a difference in the mean Rooting – Sucking Reflex on Low Birth Weight for the pre-test of the intervention group and the post-test of the intervention group (P value = <0.001). In the control group, a P value of 0.001 was obtained, which means that there was a difference in the average Rooting – Sucking Reflex on Low Birth Weight infant for the pre-test of the control group and the post-test of the control group (P value = 0.001).
 Conclusion: Kangaroo Mother Care has effectiveness against Rooting – Sucking Reflex on Low Birth Weight infant.