Clinical trial NCT06646393: The Effect of Paternal Skin-to-Skin Contact on Breastfeeding Process After Cesarean Section
Official title: The Effect of Paternal Skin-to-Skin Contact on Breastfeeding Process After Cesarean Section:A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Skin to Skin Contact
Skin to Skin Contact in Cesarean Deliveries
Keywords: skin to skin contact
paternal
breastfeeding
cesarean section
Lead sponsor: Agri Ibrahim Cecen University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-10-17
Enrollment: 126
Sex: MALE
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Father-baby skin-to-skin contact was applied within the first hour immediately after the cesarean delivery. During the Father-Baby Skin-to-Skin Contact stage, the newborns were laid face down on their father's bare chest and covered with a blanket.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study aims to investigate the effect of paternal skin contact on breastfeeding after cesarean section.The research was conducted at Ağrı Training and Research Hospital, Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic between April 2023 and August 2023.A total of 126 mothers who gave birth by cesarean section, their spouses and newborns, 61 in the skin-to-skin contact group and 65 in the control group, participated in the study. Randomization of the groups participating in the study was done by simple random method using the website www.random.org.The socio-demographic characteristics introduction form, the questionnaire regarding skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding process, and the LATCH Breastfeeding and Diagnostic Measurement Tool were used to collect research data.

Detailed description: The research was conducted in two groups: skin contact group and control group. This study aims to investigate the effect of paternal skin contact on breastfeeding after cesarean section.The research was conducted at Ağrı Training and Research Hospital, Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic between April 2023 and August 2023.A total of 126 mothers who gave birth by cesarean section, their spouses and newborns, 61 in the skin-to-skin contact group and 65 in the control group, participated in the study. Randomization of the groups participating in the study was done by simple random method using the website www.random.org.The socio-demographic characteristics introduction form, the questionnaire regarding skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding process, and the LATCH Breastfeeding and Diagnostic Measurement Tool were used to collect research data.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Caesarean section
* single and live birth
* giving birth between 38-40 weeks
* not having a mental or physical barrier to breastfeeding,
* not having a need for neonatal intensive care in the baby,
* not having a condition that prevents breastfeeding in the baby,
* not having a condition that prevents skin contact with the baby
* agreeing to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a vaginal birth
* Having a premature birth
* Having a mental or physical disability that prevents breastfeeding
* Having the baby referred to neonatal intensive care
* Having a condition that prevents breastfeeding
* Having a condition that prevents skin-to-skin contact

Primary outcomes:
measure: LATCH breastfeeding diagnostic scale
timeFrame: after skin contact and before discharge
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Agri
country: Turkey
facility: Agri Ibrahim Cecen University
state: Merkez
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