NCT06863753

The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Breastfeeding Success in The Early Postpartum Period

The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Breastfeeding Success in The Early Postpartum Period: Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 104 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mersin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this study was to determine the effect of kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding success in the early postpartum period. The secondary aim was to determine the effect of kangaroo mother care on the vital signs of the mother and the baby.

Detailed description

From the selected sample, assignments to the intervention and control groups will be made by stratified block randomization method and randomizer.org website. Since it is predicted that mothers' previous breastfeeding experiences may affect breastfeeding success, mothers will be stratified in terms of the number of births (first vaginal birth/ two vaginal births). After stratification, block randomization will be performed and mothers will be assigned to the intervention and control groups with similar characteristics.

Conditions

• Kangaroo Mother Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kangoroo mother care	Kangaroo mother care will be practiced once, when the service, mother and baby are available, and then the training will be given. For skin-to-skin contact, the newborn will be laid naked on the mother's bare chest in the prone position, the newborn's abdomen and chest will be in contact with the mother's skin. Subsequently, the newborn's head will be turned to the side so that the airway remains open. The newborn will stay in this position for at least 45 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-31
• Primary completion: 2025-05-31
• Completion: 2025-05-31
• First posted: 2025-03-07
• Last updated: 2025-06-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)