Skin-to-skin contact and deaths in newborns weighing up to 1800 grams: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between dose of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) per day and initiation time with the occurrence of deaths in newborns with weight up to 1800g.

Method

Multicentric cohort in five Brazilian neonatal units, including newborns with a birth weight of ≤1800g. The time of SSC was registered in individual file, by the team or family during the hospitalization. Maternal and newborn data were obtained through questionnaires applied to mothers and in medical records. Classification Tree was used for data analysis.

Results

The performance of the first SSC after 206h was significantly associated with death (p = 0.02). Although there was no association between SSC/day and death (p = 0.09), the number of deaths among those who performed more than 146

SUBMITTER: Goudard MJF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature