Effect of Skin-to-skin Contact on Interaction and Parents' Sleep
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Sleep Quality
- Sponsor
- Linkoeping University
- Enrollment
- 11
- Locations
- 3
- Primary Endpoint
- Sleep quality
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the effect of a late intervention of continuous skin-to-skin contact (SSC) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Half of the participants will receive the intervention and the other half will receive standard care.
Detailed Description
The intervention is based on a method developed to facilitate closeness and human touch between parents and preterm infants in neonatal intensive care. Continuous skin-to-skin contact (SSC) means, in this study, that the late preterm infant is cared for skin-to-skin on the parents' chest, instead of in a heating-bed, 24 hours a day. The parents will take turns to care for the infant in SSC.
Investigators
Evalotte Morelius
Associate professor
Linkoeping University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Parents staying at the NICU with a single preterm infant born \<33 weeks of gestation
- •The family should have been transferred to family-room from intensive care
- •Swedish speaking parents
Exclusion Criteria
- •Infants with major congenital malformation,
- •Infants with intraventricular hemorrhage grade III-IV
- •Infants with chromosome defect that could affect the infant´s ability to interact.
- •Parents with sleeping disorder
- •Parents with psychiatric problem or drug use.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sleep quality
Time Frame: Day 1 to 5
sleep diary every day for five days
Secondary Outcomes
- Mood(day 2 to 5)
- Bonding(Baseline and 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU.)
- Depression(Baseline and 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU.)
- Activity(Day 1-5)
- Anxiety(Baseline and 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU.)