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The Effect of Early Skin-to-Skin Contact in Normal Births on Suction Sufficiency, Stress and Bilirubin Levels of Newborns

NCT05812222 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2023-07-20

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Summary

Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure a baby's health and survival, and breast milk is the ideal food for babies. It is recommended to start breastfeeding within the first hour of life, following skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the newborn immediately after birth.

Newborns transition from the dark, narrow and fluid-filled intrauterine environment to the wide, bright, cold and dry extrauterine life during the birth process. Thus, in addition to invasive procedures such as heel lance, vascular access, etc., including the birth process, simple and routine procedures such as separation from its mother in a short time to measure body weight cause stress for the newborn. For this reason, it is recommended that newborns should not be separated from their mothers except for important medical reasons, and that skin-to-skin contact should be initiated as soon as possible after birth so that the newborn can cope with the "birth stress".

Hyperbilirubinemia, as physiological jaundice, usually begins in the first 24-72 hours of life in term newborns. It peaks in the following days and starts to decrease in the following days. Colostrum, which is a natural laxative found in breast milk, facilitates the removal of meconium in the newborn and provides bilirubin excretion with stool. With early skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn in the first minutes of life after birth; Nurses have a key role in reducing the level of "birth stress" experienced by the newborn and in reducing the severity of hyperbilirubinemia by starting breastfeeding early.

Conditions

  • Nurse's Role
  • Breastfeeding

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Skin-to-Skin contact.

Skin to skin contact: It is the laying of the newborn in the prone position on the mother's bare chest with only a diaper on.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kutahya Health Sciences University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Minutes
Max Age
5 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-15
Primary Completion
2020-09-15
Completion
2021-03-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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