The Effect of Paternal Skin-to-Skin Contact on Breastfeeding Process After Cesarean Section

Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Skin to Skin Contact in Cesarean Deliveries; Skin to Skin Contact

Treatments: Other: Skin to skin contact

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06646393

AgriIbrahimCec

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the effect of paternal skin contact on breastfeeding after cesarean section.The research was conducted at Ağrı Training and Research Hospital, Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic between April 2023 and August 2023.A total of 126 mothers who gave birth by cesarean section, their spouses and newborns, 61 in the skin-to-skin contact group and 65 in the control group, participated in the study. Randomization of the groups participating in the study was done by simple random method using the website www.random.org.The socio-demographic characteristics introduction form, the questionnaire regarding skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding process, and the LATCH Breastfeeding and Diagnostic Measurement Tool were used to collect research data.

Full description

The research was conducted in two groups: skin contact group and control group. This study aims to investigate the effect of paternal skin contact on breastfeeding after cesarean section.The research was conducted at Ağrı Training and Research Hospital, Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic between April 2023 and August 2023.A total of 126 mothers who gave birth by cesarean section, their spouses and newborns, 61 in the skin-to-skin contact group and 65 in the control group, participated in the study. Randomization of the groups participating in the study was done by simple random method using the website www.random.org.The socio-demographic characteristics introduction form, the questionnaire regarding skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding process, and the LATCH Breastfeeding and Diagnostic Measurement Tool were used to collect research data.

Enrollment: 126 patients

Sex: Male

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Caesarean section
• single and live birth
• giving birth between 38-40 weeks
• not having a mental or physical barrier to breastfeeding,
• not having a need for neonatal intensive care in the baby,
• not having a condition that prevents breastfeeding in the baby,
• not having a condition that prevents skin contact with the baby
• agreeing to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

• Having a vaginal birth
• Having a premature birth
• Having a mental or physical disability that prevents breastfeeding
• Having the baby referred to neonatal intensive care
• Having a condition that prevents breastfeeding
• Having a condition that prevents skin-to-skin contact

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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126 participants in 2 patient groups

Paternal skin to skin contact group

Experimental group

Description:

Father-baby skin-to-skin contact was applied within the first hour immediately after the cesarean delivery. During the Father-Baby Skin-to-Skin Contact stage, the newborns were laid face down on their father's bare chest and covered with a blanket.

Treatment:

Other: Skin to skin contact

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine care was given to the control group. After the mothers' procedures were completed, the breastfeeding process was started.