Comparison of the effect of companion and midwife presence during the mother-and-baby skin-to-skin contact

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Conditions: Maternal pain and anxiety and assessment of neonatal physiological parameters.

Registration Number: IRCT20200120046200N2

Lead Sponsor: Iran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 92

Inclusion Criteria

Single pregnancy and wanted pregnancy
Natural delivery
Lack of obstetrics complications (such as gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, prolonged or suspended labor, and fetal distress)
No history of maternal medical diseases or mental illnesses
Birth weight =2500
One minute Apgar score = 7
No medical problem and abnormality in the baby
Gestational age = 37 weeks
No manual removal of placenta
No analgesia during labor
No prohibition of breastfeeding
Having a lady companion

Exclusion Criteria

Maternal unwillingness to participate in the research
Third-or fourth-degree perineal lacerations
Postpartum hemorrhage
Five minute Apgar score < 7
Anything interrupting skin-to-skin contact

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mother's pain. Timepoint: Before intervention, 30, 60 and 90 minutes after beginning skin to skin contact. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).;Infant temperature. Timepoint: Before intervention, 30, 60 and 90 minutes after beginning skin to skin contact. Method of measurement: Mercury thermometer.;Infant heart rate. Timepoint: Before intervention, 30, 60 and 90 minutes after beginning skin to skin contact. Method of measurement: Pulse Oximeter device.;Percentage of oxygen saturation of the infant's blood. Timepoint: Before intervention, 30, 60 and 90 minutes after beginning skin to skin contact. Method of measurement: Pulse Oximeter device.;Mother's anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention, 30, 60 and 90 minutes after beginning skin to skin contact. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).

Secondary Outcome Measures