Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0277
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2167-0277
+44 1478 350008
Rosana M Trist�£o1,2, Kelly Cristina Santos de Carvalho1, Paulo S A Henriques Filho1 and Riccardo Pratesi1
1University of Brasilia, Brazil 2University of Oxford, UK
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Sleep Disord Ther
Our objective was to investigate the effects of Kangaroo mother care in preterm infants on sleep parameters. We conducted a quasi-experimental study in which 15 preterm infants�participated (experimental group) and 30 newborn full term group(control group). It was a cross sectional, prospective exploratory study, quasi-experimental type involving 34 children, 19 premature infants and 15 were full term born to 48hour to create a polysomnographic reference. The sleep patterns of participants were assessed for three hours in the period from 19 to 22 hours. The premature group had sleep evaluated before and after one week of application of Kangaroo mother care for evaluation of this method on sleep. The characteristics of sleep parameters showed significant differences between preterm infants and full-term infants to sleep and cardiorespiratory parameters. The groups also differed significantly to the total number of painful procedures with greater occurrence at the group of preterm infants. When compared, the results of the two polysomnography of the group of preterm infants, the second polysomnography showed a decrease in the percentage of indeterminate sleep, total sleep time and total quiet time awakenings and increased mean in sleep efficiency. We concluded that neonatal care programs could influence sleep development and reduce the negative impact of painful events. This evidence is discussed in the perspective of how carefully planned hospital intervention can improve the quality of life and development of premature infants.