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Skin-to-skin Contact in Healthy Term Infants

NCT06777524 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2025-09-23

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Summary

This is a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial study to investigate short- and long-term effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact in healthy term infants, in order to provide supporting data for emphasizing mother-infant skin contact and family-centered care in South Korea.

Conditions

  • Skin-to-skin Contact

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

skin-to-skin contact education

For the intervention group, additional education on the importance and clinical benefits of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact will be provided (including an educational video). They will be instructed to engage in a minimum of 6 hours of skin-to-skin contact per day with the infant's and mother's chests exposed for at least 15 minutes per session, and to keep a record of the contact time, as well as the time spent holding the clothed infant and a daily feeding diary.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Korea University Anam Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Hour
Max Age
72 Hours
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-10
Primary Completion
2027-01-31
Completion
2030-01-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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