Kangaroo care versus incubator care for very premature babies
Part of Brain & nervous system, Heart & circulation, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study compares two ways of caring for very premature babies: kangaroo care (holding your baby skin-to-skin on your chest) versus regular incubator care. The goal is to see if kangaroo care helps lower the risk of bleeding in the brain, which can happen in preterm infants.
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Who can take part
- Your baby was born at 28 weeks of pregnancy or earlier.
- Your baby is less than 3 days old (under 72 hours).
- Your baby was born at the hospital where the study is taking place.
- You or another parent/guardian is present and willing to provide kangaroo care (skin-to-skin holding).
- Your baby is not needing surgery right now, does not have certain birth defects of the belly wall, and is stable enough to be held.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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