NCT05479955

Skin-to-skin Contact Time and Maternal Psychology

The Effect of Skin to Skin Contact Time After Childbirth on Fear of Child Birth, Birth Trauma and Maternal Attachment: A Single-blind Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mersin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of postpartum skin-to-skin contact time on fear of childbirth, birth trauma and maternal attachment.

Detailed description

This is a single-blind, randomized controlled trial. Data were collected from 110 women who gave birth in the gynecology clinic of a public hospital in southern Turkey between September 2021 and February 2022. Participants who met the inclusion criteria were informed about the purpose of the study and skin-to-skin contact, informed consent was obtained from those who agreed to participate, and the women were divided into groups according to a 1:1 computer-based randomization program. Data were collected at the time of consent to the study, within the first hour after birth, 24 hours after birth, 4 weeks postpartum, and 4 months postpartum. Collected by the first author. The CONSORT directive was followed in the planning, implementation and writing of the research.

Conditions

• Skin to Skin Contact

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	5 minutes skin to skin contact	Skin-to-skin contact is defined as placing a naked baby on the mother's bare stomach or breast for at least one hour immediately after birth. The women in this group received 5 minutes of skin-to-skin contact as a clinic routine.
OTHER	60 minutes skin to skin contact	Skin-to-skin contact is defined as placing a naked baby on the mother's bare stomach or breast for at least one hour immediately after birth. In line with the recommendation of the World Health Organization, 60 minutes of skin-to-skin contact was applied to the women in this group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-09-01
• Completion: 2022-02-17
• First posted: 2022-07-29
• Last updated: 2022-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)