Resumen

ACOSTA DIAZ, Ramón; PINA BORREGO, Carlos Enrique; ACOSTA GONZALEZ, Luis Ramón  y  LOPEZ FERNANDEZ, Lucía. Método piel a piel: Evaluación del neurocomportamiento hasta el año de edad corregida. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2003, vol.75, n.3. ISSN 0034-7531.

With the objective of evaluating the neurodevelopment on applying the Bailey´s test in preterm infants cared for by the Kangaroo mother care method at their fist year of life, 120 neonates, who were born at "Justo Legón Padilla" gynecological and obstetric hospital in Pinar del Río from January 1st to June 30th 2000, were analyzed (the study group). The control group was made up of preterm children born at this hospital from July 1st to December 31st 2000,cared for by the traditional method. The whole sample was applied a form in which all the results of the clinical history mainly morbidity and perinatal asphyxia were included in addition to the nutritional and neurological follow-up at the doctor´s office where Bayley´s test was applied to them at 6 and 12 months of corrected gestational age. A database in Microsoft Excel-2000 was prepared; Chi square test was used, with a confidence internal equal to p < 0,05. It was observed that there were significant differences between the neurodevelopment of preterm infants cared for by the Kangaroo mother care method and that of the infants treated by the traditional method.

Palabras clave : INFANT, PREMATURE [growth and development]; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION [statistics and numerical data]; NUTRITION; BREAST FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS.