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Table 2 Mother's activity during Kangaroo Care (KC)

From: Mindful Kangaroo Care: mindfulness intervention for mothers during skin-to-skin care: a randomized control pilot study

 

Mindful Kangaroo Care

(337 log entries)

Standard of Care

(327 log entries)

p-value

Log entries per participant

22.5 ± 7

21.8 ± 10.4

0.84

Number of mothers who logged 4 weeks of KC

14

12

 

Number of mothers who logged 1–3 weeks of KC

1

3

 

KC duration (minutes)

118 ± 37

110 ± 28

0.58

Use of smartphone (% of KC sessions)

38 ± 33

30 ± 26

0.51

Sleeping (% of KC sessions)

34 ± 31

26 ± 30

0.53

Conversation (% of KC sessions)

47 ± 27

48 ± 35

0.96

Mindfulness exercise (% of KC sessions)

85 ± 21

n/a

 
  1. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. Some mothers reported other activities such as reading, singing or talking. Some reported simply holding their baby