Comparison of mother and newborns abdominal skin to skin and Kangaroo contact immediately after birth on mothers attachment behaviors Before Discharge from hospital

Background: Skin to skin contact in the first hours after birth, the mother and the baby is ready to establish a harmonized model for bilateral interaction. Few studies have been undertaken Kangaroo contact for term infants and assessing mother behaviors after birth. The aim of this study was to compare of mother and newborns abdominal skin to skin and Kangaroo skin contact on mothers attachment behaviors.Methods: This single-blind clinical trial was accomplished on 68 qualified pregnant women, in Torbat Heydariyeh in 1394.women were randomly divided into two groups Experimental(Kangaroo skin contact)and control(abdominal skin contact).The attachment behaviors were been recorded at the first hour of visit of mother and infant for 15 minutes. Every minute divided into two 30 second that researcher observed the behaviors of mother in the first 30 second and recorded behaviors in 30 second during 15 minutes. After encoding the data, were analyzed with SPSS software version 20, Mann-Whitney tests, t, chi-square and kruskalwallis.0/05>p was considered significant. Results: Among emotional, proximity and caring behaviors for one hour after delivery in both groups, only proximity behaviors were significantly different (p=0.049).Two groups had not significant difference in mothers attachment behaviors in the first hours (p=0.134) after delivery. Conclusions: The effect of Kangaroo skin contact on maternal attachment behaviors was similar to abdominal skin contact and in the comparison of abdominal skin contact had positive effects on proximity behavior