Comparison of kangaroo mother care and tactile-kinesthetic stimulation on weight gain of late preterm infants in hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units in the Mousavi hospital affiliated to Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. 2020. :A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Determining and comparing the method of tactile-kinetic stimulation and maternal kangaroo care on weight gain in infants of late prematurity admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

A randomized clinical trial with the control group, with intervention and control groups, on 80 infants of late prematurity admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit

The study site of the neonatal intensive care unit of Ayatollah Mousavi Hospital in Zanjan is affiliated to Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

Inclusion criteria: 1. Fetal age 37-34 weeks 2. Hemodynamic stability 3. Nutrition through digestion (oral or digestive tube) with breast milk or formula 4. Staying in the neonatal intensive care unit for at least one week 5. The birth of an only child 6. Iranian nationality 7. The presence of the biological mother, who is literate and willing and able to perform interventions correctly in the hospital Exclusion criteria: 1. Having a diagnosis of genetic, cardiac, respiratory, central nervous system problems (acquired and congenital) 2. The need for any surgery 3. Having a history of intrauterine growth retardation 4. History of substance abuse in the mother

30 babies in the control group and 30 babies in the intervention group with tactile stimulation. and 30 babies will be in the intervention group with mother's kangaroo care. These interventions will be performed three times a day for 60 minutes in the kangaroo mother care group and 15 minutes in the tactile-kinetic stimulation group for one week.

In case of the positive effect of the studied interventions on the weight of infants in late prematurity, training to use these methods as auxiliary interventions in weight gain of these infants.

The function of random numbers was used to randomize and assign people to groups; Randomization using Excel software is as follows: First, in one column, the groups are entered as A, B, c and below; Because the number of samples in each group is set to 30 (including sample loss), therefore, 30, B, A c should be entered in order. In the opposite column, random numbers are generated using the RAND command. In the next step, using the sort command, the generated random numbers are sorted from small to large or vice versa, which changes the order of the groups, i.e. c A, B. Using the new order, people are assigned to different groups.