Rangey Priya Singh, Sheth Megha
S.B.B. College of Physiotherapy, V.S. Hospital Campus, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380006, India.
Int J Pediatr. 2014;2014:434060. doi: 10.1155/2014/434060. Epub 2014 May 25.
Background. Massage therapy (MT) and kangaroo mother care (KMC) are both effective in increasing the weight and reducing length of hospital stay in low birth weight preterm infants but they have not been compared. Aim. Comparison of effectiveness of MT and KMC on body weight and length of hospital stay in low birth weight preterm (LBWPT) infants. Method. 30 LBWPT infants using convenience sampling from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, V.S. hospital, were randomly divided into 2 equal groups. Group 1 received MT and Group 2 received KMC for 15 minutes, thrice daily for 5 days. Medically stable babies with gestational age < 37 weeks and birth weight < 2500 g were included. Those on ventilators and with congenital, orthopedic, or genetic abnormality were excluded. Outcome measures, body weight and length of hospital stay, were taken before intervention day 1 and after intervention day 5. Level of significance was 5%. Result. Data was analyzed using SPSS16. Both MT and KMC were found to be effective in improving body weight (P = 0.001, P = 0.001). Both were found to be equally effective for improving body weight (P = 0.328) and reducing length of hospital stay (P = 0.868). Conclusion. MT and KMC were found to be equally effective in improving body weight and reducing length of hospital stay. Limitation. Long term follow-up was not taken.
背景。按摩疗法（MT）和袋鼠式护理（KMC）在增加低出生体重早产儿体重和缩短住院时间方面均有效，但尚未进行比较。目的。比较MT和KMC对低出生体重早产儿（LBWPT）体重和住院时间的效果。方法。从V.S.医院新生儿重症监护病房采用便利抽样法选取30例LBWPT婴儿，随机分为两组，每组15例。第1组接受MT，第2组接受KMC，每次15分钟，每天3次，共5天。纳入孕周<37周且出生体重<2500g的病情稳定婴儿。排除使用呼吸机以及患有先天性、骨科或遗传异常的婴儿。在干预前第1天和干预后第5天测量体重和住院时间等结局指标。显著性水平为5%。结果。使用SPSS16对数据进行分析。发现MT和KMC在改善体重方面均有效（P = 0.001，P = 0.001）。两者在改善体重（P = 0.328）和缩短住院时间（P = 0.868）方面效果相当。结论。发现MT和KMC在改善体重和缩短住院时间方面效果相当。局限性。未进行长期随访。
