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. 2023 Apr 30;15(4):e38355. doi: 10.7759/cureus.38355

Table 1. Summary of Articles Related to Kangaroo Mother Care.

Authors  Year  Results of some Research Articles Related to KMC
Murty AI [10] 2018 According to this study, it is seen that there is a successful implementation of KMC in families at the community level.
Moore et al. [12] 2016 The use of KMC to encourage breastfeeding. Establishing potential dose-response effects, optimal initiation timing, and physiological benefits for newborns throughout the transition to extra-uterine life is the main goal of this study.
Conde-Agudelo [14] 2014 This updated review encourages using KMC in place of traditional newborn care for LBW infants, especially in places with limited resources. More research is necessary for the long-term neurocognitive outcomes and the safety and effectiveness of early onset continuous KMC in LBW newborns.
Mekonnen et al [15] 2019 KMC encourages prior initiation of breastfeeding. As a result, hospitals must implement the KMC program for premature and LBW babies.
El-Farrash et al. [18] 2020 Preterm infants who get KC for extended periods reach full enteral feeds more quickly, breastfeeding gets successful, perform better neurologically and behaviorally, have better temperature regulation, and have better tissue oxygenation.
Jayaraman et al. [19] 2017 According to this study, Early KMC dramatically boosted direct breastfeeding and exclusive human milk feeding in LBW newborns.
Winkler et al. [24] 2020 This study shows the benefit of KMC in rural areas with limited resources. Results are better than those reported for comparable groups not performing KMC in rural sub-Saharan Africa and are equivalent to KMC programs in metropolitan regions when neonates start KMC after stabilization.
Bajaj et al [25] 2015 By focusing appropriately on the areas where knowledge, attitude, and practices are deficient, the results of KMC can be improved. The level of knowledge in this study seemed to not affect on either attitude or practice.
WHO Immediate KMC Study Group [27] 2020 The results of this trial will have global repercussions in the future, not only on the postpartum treatment of LBW newborns but also on the adoption of the mother-neonatal intensive care unit (M-NICU) paradigm for NICU architecture.
Landry et al. [30] 2022 Mothers who engaged in mindfulness exercises while providing kangaroo care (KC) reported that Mindful Kangaroo Care (MKC) was acceptable, and practical, and reduced their stress, anxiety, and depression.
Seidman et al. [31] 2015 This systematic review's goal was to discover practicing enablers as well as the most commonly mentioned obstacles to KMC adoption.
Mazumder et al/ [33] 2017 Neonatal mortality post-enrolment and mortality occurring between enrolment and 6 months of age are the primary outcomes of this study. The secondary outcomes include breastfeeding practices, the prevalence of diseases and seeking medical attention for the same, hospitalizations, increase in weight and length, and, in a subsample, neurodevelopment.
Deng et al. [36] 2018 The study’s purpose is to know the security and consequences of paternal SSC on preterm infants' neurocognitive outcomes.
Rasaily et al [38] 2017 According to the study, it was possible to offer KMC using the current infrastructure, and the majority of mothers of LBW infants considered the method to be acceptable.