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Daily Skin-to-Skin Contact Duration in Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants Admitted to a Kangaroo Care Unit

NCT07747870 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2026-08-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Kangaroo Mother Care promotes prolonged skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their parents. Although this practice is routinely encouraged in Kangaroo Care Units, the daily duration of skin-to-skin contact varies substantially between families.

This prospective observational study aims to estimate the average daily duration of skin-to-skin contact among newborns admitted to the Kangaroo Unit at Valenciennes Hospital and to identify maternal, neonatal, and organizational factors associated with this practice.

This non-interventional study does not modify routine clinical care. Data are collected from routinely available medical records, a brief parental questionnaire completed at enrollment, and the daily recording of skin-to-skin contact performed throughout hospitalization.

The study will provide a description of skin-to-skin practice in a specialized Kangaroo Unit and may help inform future strategies to support the implementation of Kangaroo Mother Care.

Conditions

  • Prematurity of Fetus
  • Low Birth Weight Baby

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Sabine Réthoré · Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Minute
Max Age
72 Hours
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-10
Primary Completion
2025-03-13
Completion
2025-03-22

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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