Table 2.
Mindful Kangaroo Care (337 log entries) |
Standard of Care (327 log entries) |
p-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Log entries per participant | 22.5 ± 7 | 21.8 ± 10.4 | 0.84 |
Number of mothers who logged 4 weeks of KC | 14 | 12 | |
Number of mothers who logged 1–3 weeks of KC | 1 | 3 | |
KC duration (minutes) | 118 ± 37 | 110 ± 28 | 0.58 |
Use of smartphone (% of KC sessions) | 38 ± 33 | 30 ± 26 | 0.51 |
Sleeping (% of KC sessions) | 34 ± 31 | 26 ± 30 | 0.53 |
Conversation (% of KC sessions) | 47 ± 27 | 48 ± 35 | 0.96 |
Mindfulness exercise (% of KC sessions) | 85 ± 21 | n/a |
Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
Some mothers reported other activities such as reading, singing or talking. Some reported simply holding their baby