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NCT Number: NCT06781307

Effects of Mother-infant Skin-to-skin Contact in Postpartum Women

When a newborn is delivered in good physiological condition, immediate skin-to-skin contact with the mother is required. Skin-to-skin contact has a wide range of benefits for both mother and baby. The implementation time can start from the birth of the newborn and continue until thereafter. There are benefits both in the short and long term, such as physiological stability, parent-child relationship development, and stability of children's behavioral development. There were 108 cases admitted and the attrition rate was 10%. Therefore, the total number of cases admitted was 118, divided into experimental groups and control groups, and intervention measures were implemented in the experimental group. From the 1st to the 30th day after delivery, there is 1 hour of skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby every day. Fill out the Sleep Quality Visual Analog Scale, Maternal Confidence Scale, and Mother-Infant Bonding Scale on the day after delivery and at one month later.

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Key information

Conditions

Attachment Dyssomnias Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Sleep Wake Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Jung Ti

Taichung, 412224, Taiwan

About this study

According to the World Health Organization's clinical care guidelines for childbirth, neonatal care in the third stage of labor: When the newborn is delivered in good physiological condition, it needs to have skin-to-skin contact with the mother immediately. Skin-to-skin contact has extensive benefits for both mother and baby. The implementation time can start from the birth of the newborn and continue thereafter. It has benefits in both the short and long term, such as physiological stability, parent-child relationship development, and child behavioral development stability, etc. Therefore, this study was designed as a quasi-experimental study, using a random method to accept cases. The number of admitted cases was 128, and the attrition rate was 10%. Therefore, the total number of admitted cases was 140, divided into experimental groups and control groups, with intervention measures for the experimental group, and intervention measures. From the 1st to 30th day after delivery, there was 1 hour of skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby every day. On the postpartum day and at the full moon, the sleep quality visual analog scale, maternal confidence scale, and mother-infant bonding scale were filled in, and the statistical method was chi-square. Test, independent sample t test, sample t test, Pearson correlation test, simple regression analysis of the relationship between independent variables and dependent variables and the difference between the experimental group and the control group.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Vaginal delivery to primiparous women
  • Full-term delivery over 37 weeks
  • The pregnancy and delivery process are low-risk cases
  • Can listen, listen, read and write Chinese
  • Agree to participate in this study
  • No mental condition
  • The newborn's vital signs are stable after birth
  • The body appearance is normal after birth and there are no other complications.
  • Can be discharged from hospital together with mother

Exclusion criteria

(1)Transfer of newborn to sick nursery after birth

Treatment and study plan

Skin to Skin

Other

Intervention measures include 1 hour of skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby every day from day 1 to day 30 postpartum.

Primary outcomes

  1. sleep quity Visual Analogue Scale

    Time frame: postpartum 30 DAY

    A score of 0 is the worst sleep quality A score Score 10 points for best sleep quality

  2. maternal confidence scale

    Time frame: postpartum 30 DAY

    A score of 0 means never A score of 1 means very little A score of 2 means sometimes A score of 3 mean often A score of 4 mean always The higher the score, the higher the confidence in parenting.

  3. bonding scale

    Time frame: postpartum 30 DAY

    A score of 1 represents strongly disagree, A score of 2 means disagreement, A score of 3 means somewhat disagreeing, A score of 4 means somewhat agree, A score of 5 means agreement A score of 6 means strongly agree The higher the score, the closer the emotional connection between mother and baby.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Jen-Ai Hospital Institutional Review Board

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Department of Nurse-Midwifery and Women Health Graduate Institute of Nurse-Nurse-Midwifery

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jan 17, 2025
Registry last updated
Aug 14, 2025

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