Kangaroo Care in the Operating Room

University of Kansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Skin to Skin; Cesarean Section; Kangaroo Care

Treatments: Procedure: Kangaroo Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07223775

STUDY00148361

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was done to learn how kangaroo care in the operating room help mothers and infants.

Enrollment: 158 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 47 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Singleton pregnancy
• Scheduled Cesarean Sections at KUMC
• Term delivery

Exclusion criteria

• Priority, urgent and emergent Cesarean sections
• Planned general anesthesia
• Fetal anomalies
• Fetal aneuploidy/genetic syndrome
• Abnormal fetal dopplers
• Placental previa/accreta
• Multiple gestations
• Preeclampsia with severe features

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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158 participants in 2 patient groups

Kangaroo Care

Experimental group

Description:

This group received immediate post delivery via Cesarean section skin-to-skin interaction.

Treatment:

Procedure: Kangaroo Care

Standard OR care

No Intervention group

Description:

This group received standard care post delivery via Cesarean section.