A Clinical trial to study effect of Early Skin-to-Skin Contact on Exclusive Breastfeeding at 6 weeks of age in Healthy Term Neonates born by Vaginal Delivery.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/06/003720
- Lead Sponsor
- department of pediatrics government medical college sector chandigarh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Neonates born at term gestation by vaginal delivery and not requiring initial steps as per Neonatal Resuscitation Algorithm of American Academy of Pediatrics-American Heart Association
Exclusion Criteria
Neonates with major congenital malformations, product of multiple pregnancies, known HIV-seropositive mother, any contraindication for breastfeeding and inability to come for follow up at 6 weeks
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome of the study was efficacy of early skin to skin contact on rate of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 weeks of postnatal age.Timepoint: Primary outcome of the study was efficacy of early skin to skin contact on rate of exclusive breastfeeding estimated at 6 weeks of postnatal age.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method effect of early skin to skin contact on the maternal pain during episiotomy repairTimepoint: within 45 minutes of birth of neonate