Associação entre a segunda etapa do Método Canguru e o desenvolvimento motor de recém-nascidos pré-termo de baixo peso aos seis meses de idade gestacional corrigida: estudo preliminar

Abstract

The prematurity and low birth weight are important biological risk factors for impaired child development. In addition, the multifactorial interaction between environmental, social, psychological, and biological factors can also influence the acquisition of neuropsychomotor skills. To ensure humanized care for preterm infants and their families, the Kangaroo Method was implemented as a public policy, divided into three stages. The objective of the present study was to analyze the influence of the second stage of Kangaroo Method on the motor development of preterm infants. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, in which 43 low birth weight preterm infants who were born at the Hospital de Clínicas de Uberlândia and were hospitalized at the Neonatal Unit took part. In addition to the identification and analysis of neonatal assessments, the Developmental Milestones questionnaire of the Brazilian version of the Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children (SWYC-BR) instrument was applied to identify suspected delays in motor development in preterm newborns underweight at six months of corrected gestational age who participated or not in the second stage of the Kangaroo Method. The results did not influence the participation in the Kangaroo Method in the motor development of preterm infants at six months of corrected gestational age. In this preliminary study, no association was observed between the second stage of the Kangaroo Method and the motor development of preterm infants, however, it is necessary to carry out other more robust investigations, with a larger sample number and multivariate statistical analysis.