Kangaroo mother care vs conventional neonatal care: Mortality Mortality at latest
Kangaroo mother care probably leads to lower mortality at latest compared with conventional neonatal care (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Kangaroo mother care vs conventional neonatal care Mortality at latest · infants with low birthweight Kangaroo mother care probably leads to lower mortality at latest compared with conventional neonatal care (moderate certainty). Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.67 [0.48, 0.95] | 12 studies · 2293 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.