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The Effect of Skin-to-Skin Contact Based on Clinical Guidelines
Sponsor: Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University
Summary
Newborn health indicators are important data that provide information about the welfare level of countries. Health professionals and relevant institutions have important responsibilities in protecting, developing and ensuring the continuity of newborn health. Health professionals use evidence-based practices revealed by scientific studies in their care approaches. Care and follow-up immediately after birth are very important. When the investigators look at the neonatal mortality rate in our country in 2019, it is shown as 5.3 per thousand and 5 per thousand in 2020. Therefore, neonatal-specific programs and practices need to be strengthened in order to reduce both neonatal and postneonatal death rates. Midwives are the professional group that is with both the mother and the newborn during the birth and postpartum period, can initiate breastfeeding in the early period, and ensure optimal continuation of breastfeeding. It is very important that the basic health indicators of the newborn improve and that the mother and newborn are monitored at certain standards during and after birth. These monitoring must be done according to the criteria. Genç et al. in 2022 to initiate and maintain skin-to-skin contact with the newborn during the postpartum period. (2023) skin-to-skin contact will be made between the mother and the newborn in accordance with the "Skin-to-Skin Contact and Kangaroo Care Clinical Practice Guide".
Official title: The Effect of Skin-to-Skin Contact Based on Clinical Guidelines on Newborn Stress and Breastfeeding Success
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
192
Start Date
2024-12-30
Completion Date
2026-06
Last Updated
2026-02-27
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Skin contact immediately after birth
In the immediate skin-to-skin contact group after birth, if the newborn does not need any intervention, he will be placed on the mother's chest immediately (without cord clamping) and skin-to-skin contact will begin. An average of 60 minutes of skin contact will be made until the first breastfeeding occurs. All routine practices for the newborn in the delivery room (except weight measurement) will be performed on the mother's chest. (n=48)
Very Early Skin contact
In the very early skin-to-skin contact group, skin-to-skin contact will begin within the first 30-40 minutes after birth, after the first and emergency intervention is given to the newborn in need of intervention, and skin-to-skin contact will be carried out for an average of 60 minutes until the first breastfeeding occurs.(n=48)
Early Skin contact
For newborns who need intervention after birth and whose skin-to-skin contact cannot be started in the delivery room, skin-to-skin contact will begin within the first 24 hours after birth, after the newborn becomes stable.(n=48)
Locations (1)
Tarsus University
Toroslar, Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye)