The results of a recent scientific study conducted by the Burke Institute for Neuroscience in New York showed that leather infection in a kangaroo method enhances the growth of the main brain areas of premature infants.
The researchers found measurable connections between leather contact with parents and brain growth in children born before the thirty -second week of pregnancy; Where the brain regions responsible for memory and better regulating feelings and tension have evolved with increased skin contact.
The general rule is: the more contact, the better. This result came from a study conducted on 88 pistined children with an average weight of about 1.2 kilograms, and stayed in the hospital for two months. Before leaving the hospital, each child underwent a cerebral examination.
What is the method of “caring for the kangaroo”?
In the way of caring for the kangaroo, the child is lying on the chest of his mother or father, wearing a diaper only, and the child is covered with a warm blanket; This helps to build an emotional bond between the two parties, as this helps premature children to adapt better with early separation from their mothers.
The premature infants, who were allowed to lie down in the way of kangaroo, showed stronger brain growth in certain areas compared to children, whose skin touched them. Brain tests showed differences in areas related to memory, emotions and tension.
On average, families visited their children once a day. The kangaroo care session took about 70 minutes. The period and number of times the intense skin contact played an important role, and the period was more important.
Skin contact with premature children has other benefits; It was linked by previous studies to improve interconnection, sleep, heart, lung and growth functions, in addition to reducing pain and stress.