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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Christiana Care Health Services University of Delaware |
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Information provided by: | Christiana Care Health Services |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00418106 |
Kangaroo holding is a skin-to-skin method of holding a baby. Many research studies have investigated the maternal and infant benefits associated with kangaroo holding. The purpose of this study is to determine if kangaroo holding a baby changes the amount and composition of breast milk pumped before and after the kangaroo holding session.
Hypotheses:
Condition |
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Premature Birth |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Cohort, Prospective |
Official Title: | Early Kangaroo Holding Effects on Breast Milk Composition |
Enrollment: | 20 |
Study Start Date: | November 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2006 |
Primary Completion Date: | December 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts |
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Mothers who are pumping breast milk and who are willing to kangaroo hold their infant.
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This study will address two of the overwhelming challenges in the physiologic care of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) environment. The first challenge is promoting neonatal growth through providing a careful balance of nutrition to caloric expenditure for premature infants. The second challenge is supporting parents in the intensive, technology driven environment of the NICU to merge physiologic care with parental-infant interaction through touch, communication, and maternal intervention. The vast majority of mothers with premature infants express breast milk for early feedings, however milk production tends to diminish three to four weeks after delivery. The practice of skin-to-skin holding is thought to promote the mother's ability to produce breast milk, but had not been empirically tested. This study will examine the relationship of kangaroo holding on mother's breast milk production and composition.
Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 14 Days |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Mothers of preterm infants
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, Delaware | |
Christiana Hospital | |
Newark, Delaware, United States, 19718 |
Principal Investigator: | Amy N. Johnson, DNSc, RNC | Christiana Care Health System |
Responsible Party: | Christiana Hospital ( Amy N. Johnson, DNSc, RN ) |
Study ID Numbers: | 24211 |
Study First Received: | January 2, 2007 |
Last Updated: | January 16, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00418106 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Premature birth Pumping breast milk Kangaroo holding |
Pregnancy Complications Obstetric Labor, Premature Obstetric Labor Complications Premature Birth |