NCT01894880

Pilot Study: Sectio Bonding/Early Skin-to-skin Contact (SSC) After Caesarean Section

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Graz · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In the past decades frequency of cesarean section was increasing. Bonding or early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) starts ideally straight after birth. After vaginal delivery bonding/early SSC is already well-established. After cesarean section this important process starts after termination of operation. A Cochran review analyzed randomized studies and shows positive effects of early SSC. Possible concerns to adopt bonding in the operating room are beside organizational ones (change of established processes) also a different ambiance in the operating room (temperature, light, noise). In a prospective randomized trial, early SSC after cesarean section should be analyzed. Hypothesis Mothers, who have the chance to bond immediately after birth in the operating room, have lower cortisol, chromogranin A and alpha amylase levels as well as higher oxytocin levels. Adaptation of the newborn is within the normal range. Early bonding has a further positive effect on breast feeding, maternal pain processing and mental health.

Conditions

• Early Skin-to-skin Contact

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	early SSC	bonding straight after birth
PROCEDURE	late SSC	bonding after termination of operation

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2013-07-10
• Last updated: 2015-04-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria