Kangaroo care (Kc) has been recommended as a painreducing strategy in neonates;
however, Kc has not been widely used to minimize procedural pain caused in part by …

Background: The heel-lancing procedure is a common tissue damaging procedure routinely
performed in premature neonates and causes pain. Therefore, efforts should be made to …

The purpose of the study was to compare a heel stick conducted during Kangaroo Care
(skin-to-skin contact) with the mother to a heel stick in a warmer in reducing premature infant …

Aim: To determine the feasibility and effect size of kangaroo care (KC) for pain from heel
lance in preterm neonates provided by either the infant's mother (MKC) or an unrelated …

PURPOSE. This study aims to assess the efficacy of Kangaroo Care (KC) on behavioral
responses of term neonates to the pain of an intramuscular injection. DESIGN AND …

Objective: To test if enhancing maternal skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo mother care (KMC)
by adding rocking, singing and sucking is more efficacious than simple KMC for procedural …

Blood sampling for a newborn screening test is necessary for all neonates in South Korea.
During the heel stick, an appropriate intervention should be implemented to reduce neonatal …

Background: Pain management for term newborns undergoing clustered painful procedures
has not been tested. Kangaroo Care (chest-to-chest, skin-to-skin position of infant on …

Objective To test paternal vs maternal kangaroo care (KC) to reduce pain from heel lance.
Design Randomized crossover design. Setting Three university-affiliated level III neonatal …

Objective To test the efficacy of maternal skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo care (KC), on
diminishing the pain response of preterm neonates to heel lancing. Design A crossover …