NCT06632769

Continuous Monitoring of Body Temperature in Neonates During Skin-to-skin Care Immediately After Cesarean Section (MonT Neo)

Continuous Monitoring of Body Temperature in Neonates During Skin-to-skin Care Immediately After Cesarean Section (MonT Neo) - a Prospective Observational Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Graz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this prospective observational pilot study is to apply the adhesive thermometer SteadyTemp® (SteadySense GmbH, Graz, Austria) in term neonates to monitor their body temperature non-invasively and continuously during skin-to-skin care with their mothers after Cesarean section and to compare these data with the one-time manual measurement of rectal body temperature as gold standard.

Detailed description

Primary aim: To apply the adhesive thermometer SteadyTemp® (SteadySense GmbH, Graz, Austria) in term neonates in the right axillary area immediately after birth and to monitor their body temperature continuously during skin-to-skin care with their mothers after Cesarean section for 15 minutes. Secondary aim * To compare the body temperature with manually measured rectal temperature (single measurement). * To examine the skin condition under the adhesive patch after 15 minutes of application using the Neonatal Skin Condition Scale (NSCS)17.

Conditions

• Body Temperature Measurement

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	No intervention	No intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-24
• Primary completion: 2025-04-28
• Completion: 2025-04-28
• First posted: 2024-10-09
• Last updated: 2025-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria