Trial reportBMC research notes2020
Newborn's first bath: any preferred timing? A pilot study from Lebanon.
Trial report in BMC research notes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05425394 (A Study of Effects of Delay in the First Bathing Time of Newborns on the Rate of Body Temperature and the Rate of Exclusive Breastfeeding), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Study of Effects of Delay in the First Bathing Time of Newborns on the Rate of Body Temperature and the Rate of Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Early newborn bathing practice and its determinants among postpartum women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Skin care interventions in infants for preventing eczema and food allergy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Timing of first bath in term healthy newborns: A systematic review.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Factors associated with delayed neonatal bathing in Afghanistan: insights from the 2022-2023 multiple indicator cluster survey.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Health Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes About Neonatal Bathing and Factors Affecting Them: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Review
- Maternal and child factors associated with late neonatal bathing practices in Nigeria: evidence from a national survey.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Early newborn bathing and associated factors among mothers in Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2022Article
- Early Newborn Bath Practice and Its Associated Factors in Jimma, South West Ethiopia, 2021.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2022Article
- Newborn Skin Care Practice and Its Associated Factors Among Postpartum Women in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia, 2025.Sage open pediatricsArticle
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6 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveTo try to find the most appropriate time for the newborn's first bath. This prospective randomized study was conducted in one hospital (July-September 2017).
resultsA higher percentage of newborns who had a skin-to-skin contact with their mothers had their bath at 24 h vs 2 h after birth (65.2% vs 33.3%; p = 0.01). A higher percentage of mothers who helped in their baby's bath had their baby's bath at 24 h vs 2 h (65.2% vs 5.9%; p < 0.001) and vs 6 h (65.2% vs 15.7%; p < 0.001) respectively. A higher mean incubation time was seen between newborns who had their bath at 2 h (2.10 vs 1.78; p = 0.002) and 6 h (2.18 vs 1.78; p = 0.003) compared to those who had their bath at 24 h respectively. A higher percentage of newborns who took their first bath 24 h after birth were calm compared to crying vigorously (38.6% vs 9.1%; p = 0.04). Delaying newborn first bath until 24 h of life was associated with benefits (reducing hypothermia and vigorous crying, benefit from the vernix caseosa on the skin and adequate time of skin-to-skin contact and mother participation in her child's bathing.
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