NCT04346498

Can Kangarooing Small Babies on the Back of a Mother Keep Them Warm and Stable

The Effect of Chest-to-Back Skin-to-Skin Contact on Regulation of Physiological Parameters for Low Birth Weight and/or Premature Infants: a Crossover Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: SISAY GERE · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 28 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Kangarooing small babies on the back of a mother

Detailed description

After the study was explained (risks and benefits) and written informed consent was received from participants, an individually controlled randomized crossover clinical trial was conducted to examine the effectiveness of Chest-to-Back (CB) skin-to-skin contact (SSC) compared with the standard. The trial was done in accordance with the protocol, good clinical practice, and the national regulatory and ethics guideline of Ethiopia (which is in line with the Helsinki declaration).

Conditions

• Body Temperature
• Oxygen Saturation
• Heart Rate
• Respiratory Rate
• Sleep Pattern

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Chest-to-back

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-03
• Primary completion: 2019-06-18
• Completion: 2019-10-14
• First posted: 2020-04-15
• Last updated: 2020-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Ethiopia