Skin-to-skin Contact in Healthy Term Infants

Korea University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Skin-to-skin Contact

Treatments: Behavioral: skin-to-skin contact education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06777524

2024AN0613

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial study to investigate short- and long-term effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact in healthy term infants, in order to provide supporting data for emphasizing mother-infant skin contact and family-centered care in South Korea.

Enrollment: 130 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 72 hours old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Babies born at Korea University Anam Hospital
• Term infants (37 weeks or more)
• Infants with a birth weight of 2,500g or more
• Healthy infants with an Apgar score of 7 or higher at 5 minutes
• Mothers and infants without severe acute complications, such as requiring intensive care treatment immediately after delivery

Exclusion criteria

• Preterm infants born at 37 weeks of less gestation
• Low birth weight infants weighing less than 2500g at birth
• Mothers under the age of 20
• Unmarried mothers
• Multiple pregnancies (twins or triplets)
• Parents do not consent to participation in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Parents of the control group will receive general education about sleep, breastfeeding, and bathing, which are provided to parents before going home after birth.

skin-to-skin contact (SSC) group

Experimental group

Description:

For the intervention group, additional education on the importance and clinical benefits of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact will be provided (including an educational video).

Treatment:

Behavioral: skin-to-skin contact education