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The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care Applied to the Healthy Newborns on Breastfeeding

NCT04619459 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2020-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to determine the effect of kangaroo mother care (KMC) applied to the healthy newborns in the early postpartum period on breastfeeding.

The results of the study are expected to contribute to promoting the practice of KMC in an effort to encourage breastfeeding not only in Turkey's hospitals but also in other developing countries where practices that negatively affect breastfeeding are prevalent.

The hypotheses of the study were determined as: Infants administered KMC start to breastfeed sooner (H1), breastfeed more frequently (H2), breastfeed for longer periods (H3), are more successful at breastfeeding (H4) than infants receiving standard postpartum care (SPC).

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding
  • Kangaroo Mother Care
  • Breastfeeding, Exclusive

Interventions

OTHER

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)

Kangaroo mother care is a method of care of infants. The method involves infants being carried, usually by the mother, with skin-to-skin contact. Kangaroo mother care (KMC). early after delivery have better success at breastfeeding and achieve this success sooner. In this method The newborns' diapers were tied, their caps put on and then they were positioned on their mother's naked chest for KMC. The KMC session was continued for 3 hours.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ahi Evran University Education and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sevda K Öksüz, R.A · Ahi Evran University Faculty of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
42 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-01
Primary Completion
2016-08-25
Completion
2016-08-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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