None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to determine whether neonatal monitoring of low birth weight babies with the BEMPU TempWatch along with standard neonatal care, as compared with standard neonatal care alone, decreases the need for escalation of care to invasive warming measures such as placement in an incubator or radiant warmer.
Interventions
Mothers/ parents who are allocated to this group will receive a BEMPU TempWatch for their newborn baby to wear for up to 28 days, and educated on providing skin-to-skin contact for their babies if hypothermia is indicated by the audio-visual alarm. They will also receive the standard neonatal care whilst in hospital and provided the standard information for temperature maintenance upon discharge home.
The BEMPU TempWatch is placed on the newborn baby's wrist where it provides continuous temperat
Mothers/ parents who are allocated to this group will receive a BEMPU TempWatch for their newborn baby to wear for up to 28 days, and educated on providing skin-to-skin contact for their babies if hypothermia is indicated by the audio-visual alarm. They will also receive the standard neonatal care whilst in hospital and provided the standard information for temperature maintenance upon discharge home. The BEMPU TempWatch is placed on the newborn baby's wrist where it provides continuous temperature monitoring for up to 28 days, and will trigger an audio-visual alarm if the baby's temperature drops below 36 degrees Celsius. The duration of the intervention is for a maximum of up to 28 days (based on battery life and size of baby's wrist) Education for providing skin-to-skin contact will be provided to parents by midwifery educators. Regular checks will be used to monitor adherence to the intervention. Newborn babies will be receiving standard neonatal care, which includes regular temperature monitoring, weight checks and blood sugar monitoring. They will receive the standard neonatal care whilst in hospital (as described in the comparator/control field).
Sponsors
Monash Health
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to 1 Days
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Neonates born at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton who are of low birth weight (i.e. <2500 grams at birth) or small for gestational age (i.e. birth weight <10th centile) AND are being looked after by the mother/ parents in the postnatal ward
Exclusion criteria
Infants who are born earlier than 35 weeks completed gestation, or who continue to stay in SCN beyond 24 hours of life for any reason will be excluded from the study
Outcome results
None listed