The effect of kangaroo mother care on mental health of mothers with premature infants

Mothers with premature infants experience high levels of psychological stress.Considering the importance of maternal mental health as a parent-child care provider,this study was conductedto evaluate the effectiveness of Kangaroo Mother’s Care of premature infant on mother’s mental health.
In this quasi-experimental study,60mothers with premature infants admittedto Ayatollah Rohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences,were selected by non-random sampling method.They divided into 2 study groups marked as experimental group&control group. Data were collected using thedemographic questionnaire&General Health of Goldberg&Hiller questionnaire.The 28-item questionnaire consisted of4 sub-scales:physical symptoms, anxiety and sleep symptoms, social function, and depression symptoms.A score of over 22 indicates a symptom of the disease.In the intervention group, mothers spent at least 2 hours, 3to 4 times a day for one week.The control group had the current process in the care.The questionnaire was completed at the beginning and one month after the admission of the newborn in both groups and the data were compared.
Finding showed that the overall mental health score in the intervention group before and after maternal care was (28.77± 13.09)to (13.66±6.5)and in the control group (30.86±15.97)to(20.99±8.89) that this difference was significant (P0.05).
Regarding the results of this research,use of KMC for improve of premature infant on mother’s mental health is step for health family