The Effect of Smelling the Scent of Infants Hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

T.C. ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Status: Completed

Conditions: NICU

Treatments: Other: OOKIE doll

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07074197

KAEK86

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was conducted to determine the effect of having mothers with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit smell their baby's odor with OOKIE dolls on stress, attachment and perception of insufficient milk.

Full description

The infant who met the study selection criteria was wrapped with OOCIE upon admission and remained in contact with OOCIE for approximately 24 hours without affecting routine care and positioning. After 24 hours, when the mother came for the first visit, the mother and baby introductory information form, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parent Stress Scale, Inadequate Milk Perception Scale, Mother-Infant Attachment Scale and NICU Parental Beliefs Scale pretest were administered. During the visit, the mother took the OOKIE wrapped around her baby in the incubator and stayed with the mother for 3 days and the mother could smell her baby's odor whenever she wanted.

OOKIE, which will be used in the study, is a doll made of 100% cotton flannel fabric, with satin edges, 35cmx 40cm in size and produced in various colors. Due to its structure, it can be easily washed, dried and sterilized. The fabric feature is capable of trapping and transferring odor. It is a suitable tool for mothers who are separated from their babies in the intensive care environment, which can mediate the smell of their babies.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The mother's voluntary acceptance to participate in the study.
• The baby received treatment for at least 3 days in the NICU,
• The baby did not have any congenital anomaly, and the baby did not undergo any surgical procedure.

Exclusion criteria

• Mother's illiteracy,
• Mother's having an obstacle to communication,
• Referral of the baby to another center,
• Mother's having an obstacle to breastfeeding or mothers who do not want to breastfeed,
• Mother's having an olfactory problem.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group: No intervention was made except for the routine care provided at the clinic where the study was conducted. Routine practices included allowing the mother to visit and see her baby at the clinic whenever she wanted. When the mother came for the first visit, the mother and baby introductory information form, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parent Stress Scale, Inadequate Milk Perception Scale, Mother-Infant Attachment Scale and NICU Parental Beliefs Scale pretest were administered. On the third day, when the mothers came to visit their babies, the same scales were administered as posttest.

OOKİE group

Experimental group

Description:

The infants who met the selection criteria were wrapped with OOKIE upon admission and remained in contact with OOKIE for approximately 24 hours without affecting their routine care and position. After 24 hours, when the mother came for the first visit, the mother and baby introductory information form, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parent Stress Scale, Inadequate Milk Perception Scale, Mother-Infant Attachment Scale and NICU Parental Beliefs Scale pretest were administered. During the visit, the mother received the OOKIE wrapped around her baby in the incubator and stayed with the mother for 3 days and the mother could smell her baby's odor whenever she wanted. The OOKIE used in the study is a doll made of 100% cotton flannel fabric, with satin edges, 35cmx 40cm in size and produced in various colors. Due to its structure, it can be easily washed, dried and sterilized. The fabric feature is capable of trapping and transferring odor. It is a suitable tool for mothers who are separated

Treatment:

Other: OOKIE doll