Kangaroo Mother Care and the Bonding Hypothesis
PEDIATRICS Vol. 102 No. 2 August 1998, p. e17
Réjean Tessier*, Marta Cristo, Stella Velez, Marta Girón, SW; Zita Figueroa de Calume, Juan G. Ruiz-Paláez, Yves Charpak, and Nathalie Charpak
From the *School of Psychology, Laval University, Québec, Canada; ISS-World Lab, Kangaroo Mother Care Program, Clinica del Nino, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia; - Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Javeriana University, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia; and EVAL (Institut pour l'Évaluation dans le domaine Médical, Médico-social et de Santé Publique), Paris, France.
TABLE 3
Differences in Hospital Stay and Need of NICU Patterns from Birth to Term by Intervention Groups (KMC vs TC) and Birth Weight Categories
| Weight | Stay in Hospital (days) | Stay in NICU (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
TC ( ) | KMC () | TC () | KMC () | |
| <1201 g | 40.0 ± 10.5 | 35.5 ± 17.0 | 7.2 ± 0.0 | 8.9 ± 14.1 |
| 1201 g-1500 g | 26.9 ± 14.0 | 20.2 ± 8.8 | 2.6 ± 6.4 | 1.9 ± 4.1 |
| 1501 g-1800 g | 10.0 ± 9.2 | 10.7 ± 7.8 | .56 ± 2.0 | 1.8 ± 4.4 |
| >1800 g | 6.2 ± 7.6 | 6.7 ± 7.1 | .34 ± 1.5 | 1.1 ± 4.9 |
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