The effect of mother and newborn early skin-to-skin contact on initiation of breastfeeding, newborn temperature and duration of third stage of labor.
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ABSTRACT: Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth brings about numerous protective effects; however, it is an intervention that is underutilized in Iraq where a globally considerable rate of maternal and child death has been reported. The present study was conducted in order to assess the effects of SCC on initiation of breastfeeding, newborn temperature, and duration of the third stage of labor.A quasi-experimental study was conducted on 108 healthy women and their neonates (56 in the intervention group who received SSC and 52 in the routine care group) at Hawler maternity teaching hospital of Erbil, Iraq from February to May, 2017. Data were collected via structured interviews and the LATCH scale to document breastfeeding sessions.The mean age of the mothers in the SSC and routine care groups were 26.29 ± 6.13 (M ± SD) and 26.02 ± 5.94 (M ± SD) respectively. Based on the LATCH scores, 48% of mothers who received SSC and 46% with routine care had successful breastfeeding. Newborns who received SSC initiated breastfeeding within 2.41?±?1.38 (M?±?SD) minutes after birth; however, newborns who received routine care started breastfeeding in 5.48?±?5.7 (M?±?SD) minutes. Duration of the third stage of labor in mothers who practiced SSC after birth was 6?±?1.7 min, compared to 8.02?±?3.6 min for mothers who were provided with routine care (p?
SUBMITTER: Safari K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6048813 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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