Skin-to-skin Contact in Healthy Term Infants

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1-72
SponsorKorea University Anam Hospital

About this trial

This is a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial study to investigate short- and long-term effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact in healthy term infants, in order to provide supporting data for emphasizing mother-infant skin contact and family-centered care in South Korea.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Babies born at Korea University Anam Hospital

Term infants (37 weeks or more)

Infants with a birth weight of 2,500g or more

Healthy infants with an Apgar score of 7 or higher at 5 minutes

Disqualifiers

Preterm infants born at 37 weeks of less gestation

Low birth weight infants weighing less than 2500g at birth

Mothers under the age of 20

Unmarried mothers

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • skin-to-skin contact education

Treatment groups

130 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators