NCT07074197

The Effect of Smelling the Scent of Infants Hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

The Effect of Smelling the Scent of Infants Hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Mothers' Stress, Attachment and Perception of Insufficient Milk

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ordu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study was conducted to determine the effect of having mothers with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit smell their baby's odor with OOKIE dolls on stress, attachment and perception of insufficient milk.

Detailed description

The infant who met the study selection criteria was wrapped with OOCIE upon admission and remained in contact with OOCIE for approximately 24 hours without affecting routine care and positioning. After 24 hours, when the mother came for the first visit, the mother and baby introductory information form, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parent Stress Scale, Inadequate Milk Perception Scale, Mother-Infant Attachment Scale and NICU Parental Beliefs Scale pretest were administered. During the visit, the mother took the OOKIE wrapped around her baby in the incubator and stayed with the mother for 3 days and the mother could smell her baby's odor whenever she wanted. OOKIE, which will be used in the study, is a doll made of 100% cotton flannel fabric, with satin edges, 35cmx 40cm in size and produced in various colors. Due to its structure, it can be easily washed, dried and sterilized. The fabric feature is capable of trapping and transferring odor. It is a suitable tool for mothers who are separated from their babies in the intensive care environment, which can mediate the smell of their babies.

Conditions

• NICU

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	OOKIE doll	The infants who met the selection criteria were wrapped with OOCIE upon admission and remained in contact with OOCIE for approximately 24 hours without affecting their routine care and position. After 24 hours, when the mother came for the first visit, the mother and baby introductory information form, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parent Stress Scale, Inadequate Milk Perception Scale, Mother-Infant Attachment Scale and NICU Parental Beliefs Scale pretest were administered. During the visit, the mother received the OOKIE wrapped around her baby in the incubator and stayed with the mother for 3 days and the mother could smell her baby's odor whenever she wanted.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-15
• Primary completion: 2023-05-30
• Completion: 2023-07-15
• First posted: 2025-07-20
• Last updated: 2025-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)