Diverse Parental Experiences of Kangaroo Care in Neonatal Units Across Healthcare Systems: A Meta-Synthesis.

The review only included English-language peer-reviewed studies published from January 2010 to 2024 and did not search grey literature, so relevant local reports may be missing. Most included studies were from upper-middle-income countries, so the findings may not apply equally to high-income or low-income settings. It included only parents who had experienced Kangaroo Care, so it cannot describe the reasons parents refused or could not take part. The synthesis reports parents' experiences and themes, not measured infant or parental health outcomes, so it does not establish how effective Kangaroo Care is. Included studies varied in whether they examined intermittent or continuous Kangaroo Care, and some sampled mothers, fathers or both, so differences by Kangaroo Care type or parent sex are not always separated.

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Do not read this as proof that Kangaroo Care improves infant survival, breastfeeding or parental mental health. It synthesises what parents said about their experiences, not measured outcomes. The health benefits mentioned in the paper come from earlier studies, not from this review.