Skin-to-skin contact at birth for vaginally delivered neonates in a tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neonates undergoing skin-to-skin contact (SSC) have shown to have better cardiovascular stability, improved duration of breastfeeding, temperature maintenance and bonding. The primary objective was to estimate the existing prevalence of SSC among mother-infant dyads in the first hour after vaginal delivery, and the secondary objective was to ascertain the factors affecting adherence of SSC after vaginal delivery.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital between September 2017 and December 2017. All mother-newborn dyads in the labour room were eligible for the study. Mothers with their newborns, who gave multiple births, or with major congenital malformations or those requiring any form of resuscitation or having respi

SUBMITTER: Mukherjee D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7244864 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature