Percepción de las madres y familiares que participan en el método Plan Canguro

Abstract

Objective: The present research sought to identify the perceptions of mothers and relatives of newborns, associated with the use of the Kangaroo Plan Method. Methods: The research was carried out with a quantitative approach, a field, cross-sectional and descriptive investigation was carried out, methods of the theoretical level, analysis - synthesis, documentary review, surveys were used as primary sources of information, called Perception of satisfaction with care. The study population was made up of thirty parents who have newborns and execute the Kangaroo Plan Method in the Neonatology area of the Ambato General Teaching Hospital. Results: The premature newborn has emotional repercussions on the mother and the family nucleus, generating feelings of stress, anxiety, these being propitiated by the hospital environment, on the other hand, there is a better perception of growth and capacities, thanks to the information received from health professionals for your child's care. Conclusions: The Kangaroo Plan Method provides well-being to both babies and their families, since through skin-to-skin contact changes in physical and psychomotor development are evidenced, in addition to improving the emotional state of mothers by having their children close, contributing, in parallel, to emotional stability.