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Facilitating Skin-to-Skin Contact In the Postnatal Period

NCT02998463 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2019-07-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of a skin-to-skin facilitating garment used by mother-infant dyads. It has three phases including researcher observation, randomised controlled trialing and qualitative midwifery staff perspective. The research will determine the effect a facilitating garment has in comparison to conventionally facilitated skin-to-skin contact, by measuring its effect on the baby's temperature stability, breastfeeding status and weight velocity.

Conditions

  • Breast Feeding
  • Body Temperature Changes

Interventions

DEVICE

skin-to-skin facilitating garment

Fabric garment designed to accommodate term neonates having skin-to-skin contact.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Birmingham City University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Helen McIntyre, DHSci · University of Leicester

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-31
Primary Completion
2019-06-20
Completion
2019-06-20

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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