Impact of Standardized Skin-to-Skin Care on Clinical Outcomes in Infants Born ≤ 32 Weeks: A Multicenter Study

ConditionsPremature Skin to Skin Contact Breast Feeding Necrotizing Enterocolitis Retinopathy of Prematurity

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age1+

SponsorBaskent University Ankara Hospital

About this trial

This study is a multi-center, prospective pre-post clinical study conducted under the leadership of the Turkish Neonatal Society. It aims to investigate the effects of a standardized skin-to-skin care in NICU, initiated early and applied regularly, on recieving exclusive mothers' milk at discharge and clinical outcomes for preterm infants born ≤ 32 weeks of gestation.

1. Primary Objective: To evaluate the rate of receiving exclusive mothers' milk at discharge for infants born ≤ 32 weeks of gestation who have received skin-to-skin care in accordance with the study protocol. 2. Secondary Objective: To evaluate the rates of neonatal sepsis, intraventricular hemorrhage, and necrotizing enterocolitis (stage 2 and above) as well as the length of hospital stay for infants born at or below 32 weeks of gestation who have received skin-to-skin care in accordance with the study protocol.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Infants born at gestational age ≤ 32 weeks

Disqualifiers

Death before NICU discharge

Abdominal wall defects

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

skin to skin contact care
Behavioral
Early and regular skin to skin contact in NICU GA: \< 28 weeks: After the 72nd hour GA: 28 - 32 weeks: As soon as stabilization is ensured

Treatment groups

120 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Pre educationNo intervention 0 interventions

Group B: Post educationActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes