The Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Breastfeeding Success in The Early Postpartum Period

NCT ID: NCT06863753

Last Updated: 2025-06-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 104 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-31

Brief Summary

The primary aim of this study was to determine the effect of kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding success in the early postpartum period. The secondary aim was to determine the effect of kangaroo mother care on the vital signs of the mother and the baby.

Detailed Description

From the selected sample, assignments to the intervention and control groups will be made by stratified block randomization method and randomizer.org website. Since it is predicted that mothers' previous breastfeeding experiences may affect breastfeeding success, mothers will be stratified in terms of the number of births (first vaginal birth/ two vaginal births). After stratification, block randomization will be performed and mothers will be assigned to the intervention and control groups with similar characteristics.

Conditions

Kangaroo Mother Care

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Kangaroo mother care

The practice will take place in the mother and baby's room. Mother and baby will be prepared for the practice. Kangaroo mother care will be provided once, when the service, mother and baby are available, and then the practice will be performed. For skin-to-skin contact, the newborn will be laid naked on the mother's bare chest in the prone position, the newborn's abdomen and chest will be in contact with the mother's skin. Subsequently, the newborn's head will be turned to the side so that the airway remains open. The newborn will stay in this position for at least 45 minutes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kangoroo mother care

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kangaroo mother care will be practiced once, when the service, mother and baby are available, and then the training will be given. For skin-to-skin contact, the newborn will be laid naked on the mother's bare chest in the prone position, the newborn's abdomen and chest will be in contact with the mother's skin. Subsequently, the newborn's head will be turned to the side so that the airway remains open. The newborn will stay in this position for at least 45 minutes.

Control

No intervention will be made to the control grup, only the data will be collected at the same time as the study group.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Kangoroo mother care

Kangaroo mother care will be practiced once, when the service, mother and baby are available, and then the training will be given. For skin-to-skin contact, the newborn will be laid naked on the mother's bare chest in the prone position, the newborn's abdomen and chest will be in contact with the mother's skin. Subsequently, the newborn's head will be turned to the side so that the airway remains open. The newborn will stay in this position for at least 45 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being over 18 years of age
• Agree to participate in the survey (those who signed the Informed Consent Form)
• Having had their first or second normal birth
• Being literate
• Having no communication problems
• Being a singleton pregnancy
• Having a gestational age of 37-42 weeks
• Being open to communication and cooperation
• Having an intact family unit

• Birth weight 2500-4000 gr. between
• Born by normal delivery
• APGAR score of 7 and above at 1 and 5 minutes
• No health problems or congenital anomalies
• Born between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria

• Being under 18 years of age
• Do not agree to participate in the study
• Not being able to read or write
• Having more than two babies
• Having breast problems that prevent breastfeeding
• Being born by Caesarean section
• Having a diagnosed mental or psychological disorder

• Weighing less than 2500 grams
• Weighing more than 4000 grams
• Being born by Caesarean section
• APGAR score of less than 7 at 1 and 5 minutes
• Being born with a congenital anomaly
• Born before 37 weeks

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Mersin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gülhan VAROL

Nurse

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Mersin Hospital

Mersin, Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

MEU-HEM-GV-220

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id