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Comparison of Two Different Skin-to-skin Contact Techniques: Sustained Diagonal Flexion vs. Traditional

NCT06154148 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2023-12-15

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Summary

This is a prospective, controlled randomized study designed to compare the effects of two methods of skin-to-skin positioning of preterm infants: the prone positioning method currently used (according to the World Health Organization's recommendations) and the recent "sustained diagonal flexion" method (SDF) on the daily duration of skin-to-skin contact.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Sustained Diagonal Flexion positioning

This position is a semi reclined positioning, the infant is off-center and semi-reclined on the mother's chest its body-axis is slightly flexed, with the limbs retracted in a preventive posture and the head in line with the body axis, moderately externally rotated hips in flexion-abduction, with adducted shoulders. The infant's head turns toward the mother's face and is located between the nipple and the clavicule. Their arms and legs are flexed,in a naturally adopted asymmetrical tonic neck posture, according to the infant's term and comfort. The infant is naked and positioned inside the mother's clothes.

PROCEDURE

Traditional prone position

The infant is placed vertically between the mother's breasts firmly attached to the chest and below their clothes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Erasme University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dorottya Kelen · Head of Neonatal Unit

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
24 Hours
Max Age
4 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-01
Primary Completion
2024-09-30
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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Diseases

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