Full-term Newborn Babies
Conditions
Keywords
Kangaroo-Mother Care Method
Brief summary
The skin-to-skin contact maneuver (kangaroo) has shown benefits in newborn babies. This is two-arm randomized open clinical trial to evaluate whether the use of a scarf specifically designed to facilitate the skin-to-skin method is effective in terms of increasing the skin-to-skin mother-neonate time, compared to traditional clinical practice. Mothers of full-term babies with expected delivery in the study centers will be included. Those mothers with a language barrier that prevents collaboration in the study procedures, cognitive impairment or morbid obesity will be excluded. The primary endpoint is the average daily skin-to-skin time during hospital admission days. A superiority analysis will be made in terms of the skin-to-skin time of the intervention arm, compared to the control arm.
Interventions
DEVICEScarf
Scarf specifically designed to facilitate mother-neonate skin-to-skin contact
Participants will receive the usual clinical practice
Sponsors
Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
\- Moders attending the first hospital visit with the midwife, with delivery planned in either of the two study hospitals
Exclusion criteria
* Language barrier that prevents collaboration in the study procedures * Cognitive impairment preventing collaboration in the study procedures * Morbid obesity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mother-neonate skin-to-skin contact time (number of hours) | 72 hours | Number of hours of skin-to-skin contact maneuver (kangaroo) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time in arms or in physical contact of the neonate with the mother / father | 72 hours | Number of hours in arms or in physical contact of the neonate with the mother / father |
| Time of crying | 72 hours | Number of hours crying |
| Newborn weight loss | 72 hours | Weight change in grams |
| Parents satisfaction with hospital care | 72 hours | Parents satisfaction (structured interview) |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed