• Surya Kamal Shahi
• M.Bharati

Babies born with weight less than 2.5 kg consider as low birth weight babies, having higher chance of morbidity and mortality as their organs were not well develop, so they need special care with special medical team at special care unit. Simple random study was conducted at NICU of KC General Hospital. Forty respondents were selected by lottery method and divided into two groups: Experimental group and Control group who met inclusion criteria. Two of participant excluded one because of worst health condition after 3 days of endorsement and another because of discharge on request after 2 days. Coconut oil of 10-15ml was applied in massage therapy to experimental group which was given twice a day 15-20 minutes and weight was measured daily once at morning till 7 days for experimental group however only weight was measured for control group by digital weight machine. Data were plotted and analyzed by using the SPSS program. The study showed that the weight of LBW after intervention was1.91+0.39 (mean+ SD) as compared to control group without oil massage 1.79+0.35 (mean+ SD)and calculated ‘t’ value was 3.32 shows effectiveness of oil massage at 5% level of significance . Chi square test was done to observe the association between weight of the LBW and demographic variables which was rejected except one variable (weight of baby during birth). Conclusions: Coconut oil massage shows positive effect on weight gain in LBW babies.

Oil Massage Therapy; Coconut oil; Low Birth Weight (LBW), Change in level of weight

"EFFECTIVENESS OF OIL MASSAGE ON CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF WEIGHT AMONG LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES ADMITTED IN NICU, OF SELECTED HOSPITALS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.263-272, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812340.pdf

"EFFECTIVENESS OF OIL MASSAGE ON CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF WEIGHT AMONG LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES ADMITTED IN NICU, OF SELECTED HOSPITALS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp263-272, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812340.pdf