Title

A review on the homecare management of pre-term babies

Authors

Marudan Anbalagan¹, Rajamanickam Rajkumar², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran^3,*, Mangalabharathi Sundaram⁴, Kannan Kasinathan⁵, Revathi Ramasamy⁶ & Bama Ramu⁶

Affiliation

¹Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research (MAHER) (DU), Chennai & Lecture in Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India; ²Department of Community Medicine, Meenakshi Medical College & Research Institute & MAHER (DU), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Pediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The TN MGR Medical University, Chennai, India; ⁴Department of Neonatology Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children & Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁵Department of child health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The TN Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁶Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research (MAHER) (DU), Chennai & Nurse Practitioner Midwifery Educator, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Marudan Anbalagan - E - mail: anbalagan.avi@gmail.com
Rajamanickam Rajkumar - E - mail: rajkumarr@mmchri.ac.in
Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E - mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com
Mangalabharathi Sundaram - E - mail: drmangalabharathi@gmail.com
Kannan Kasinathan - E - mail: kanmani70@gmail.com

Article Type

Review

Date

Received December 1, 2024; Revised December 31, 2024; Accepted December 31, 2024, Published December 31, 2024

Abstract

Adequate home care is essential for improving health outcomes in preterm babies while supporting parents and caregivers. Therefore, it is of interest to review known data on homecare approaches, including telehealth, feeding plans, kangaroo care and caregiver education. Known data shows benefits in feeding, developmental progress and maternal mental health, but limitations such as varied methodologies, short follow-up periods and bias risks constrain the conclusions. Hence, future studies should address these gaps through high-quality controlled studies, standardized outcomes and long-term family observations.

Keywords

Caregiver education, health outcomes, home-based care, parental support, telemedicine

Citation

Anbalagan et al. Bioinformation 20(12): 1974-1978 (2024)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.