Clinical Trial: Effect of Skin-to-skin Contact on Interaction and Parents' Sleep

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Effect of Skin-to-skin Contact on Interaction and Parents' Sleep

Brief Summary: This study evaluates the effect of a late intervention of continuous skin-to-skin contact (SSC) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Half of the participants will receive the intervention and the other half will receive standard care.

Detailed Summary: The intervention is based on a method developed to facilitate closeness and human touch between parents and preterm infants in neonatal intensive care. Continuous skin-to-skin contact (SSC) means, in this study, that the late preterm infant is cared for skin-to-skin on the parents' chest, instead of in a heating-bed, 24 hours a day. The parents will take turns to care for the infant in SSC.
Sponsor: Linkoeping University

Current Primary Outcome: Sleep quality [ Time Frame: Day 1 to 5 ]

sleep diary every day for five days


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Mood [ Time Frame: day 1 to 5 ]
    Mood-scale questionnaire every day for five days
  • Emotional Availability [ Time Frame: 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU. ]
    Emotional Availability Scale, EAS.
  • Parent sensitivity [ Time Frame: 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU. ]
    Ainsworth sensitivity scale
  • Parent-infant interaction [ Time Frame: 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU. ]
    The Maternal Sensitivity and Responsivity Scale, MSRS-R
  • Bonding [ Time Frame: 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU. ]
    The Bonding scale
  • Cortisol co-regulation [ Time Frame: 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU. ]
    The parents will give the baby a bath. The bath situation will be videotaped. Saliva will be collected from parents and infant before and 30 minutes after the start of the bath. Cortisol in saliva will be analyzed.
  • Depression [ Time Frame: 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU. ]
    The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, EPDS
  • Sense of Coherence [ Time Frame: 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU. ]
    Sense of Coherence Scale, KASAM
  • Anxiety [ Time Frame: 1-3 days before planned discharge from the NICU. ]
    State Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI
  • Activity [ Time Frame: Day 1-5 ]
    Actigraph every day for five days


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Linkoeping University

Dates:
Date Received: December 10, 2016
Date Started: January 2017
Date Completion: December 2018
Last Updated: January 18, 2017
Last Verified: January 2017