Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2022
Daily skin-to-skin contact in full-term infants and breastfeeding: Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- An Evaluation of Food and Nutrient Intake among Pregnant Women in The Netherlands: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of early essential newborn care on breastfeeding and outcomes of mothers/newborns post-cesarean section: a randomized controlled trial in China.Reproductive health · 2024Trial
- Effects of daily full-term infant skin-to-skin contact on behavior and cognition at age three - secondary outcomes of a randomized controlled trial.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Trial
- Effects of skin-to-skin contact on full-term infants' stress reactivity and quality of mother-infant interactions.Developmental psychobiology · 2022Trial
- Daily mother-infant skin-to-skin contact and maternal mental health and postpartum healing: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Daily skin-to-skin contact in full-term infants and breastfeeding: Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Trial
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- Factors Influencing Successful Breastfeeding: A Regional Survey and Comparative Review in European and Global Contexts.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A quality improvement approach to growth in moderate and late preterm infants in small NICUs.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Effects of Daily Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact on Breastfeeding Outcomes in the First Four Weeks and Maternal Postnatal Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Providing Education About Skin-To-Skin Contact Significantly Increased Duration of Skin-To-Skin Contact for Newborns.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding in a Polluted World: Perspective on the Properties of Breast Milk and the Need for Protection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Psychosocial Influences on Breastfeeding Duration: Maternal, Paternal, and Infant Contributors.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Review
- Recent Advancements and Best Practices in Supporting Newborn Feeding: A Narrative Review.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2025Review
- The struggles of breastfeeding mothers of preterm infants: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Effect of family integrated care on breastfeeding of preterm infants: A scoping review.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Association between Skin-to-Skin Contact Duration after Caesarean Section and Breastfeeding Outcomes.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of early essential newborn care implementation in four counties of western China.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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Abstract
This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of a 5-week daily skin-to-skin contact (SSC) intervention between mothers and their full-term infants, compared with care-as-usual, on exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration during the first post-natal year. Healthy pregnant women (n = 116) from a community sample were enrolled and randomly allocated to the SSC or care-as-usual condition. SSC mothers were requested to provide one daily hour of SSC for the first five post-natal weeks. Twelve months post-partum, mothers indicated the number of exclusive and continued breastfeeding months. Multiple regression analyses were conducted using intention-to-treat, per-protocol and exploratory dose-response frameworks. In intention-to-treat analyses, exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration was not different between groups (exclusive: 3.61 ± 1.99 vs. 3.16 ± 1.77 months; adjusted mean difference 0.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] -0.33 to 0.89; p = 0.36; continued: 7.98 ± 4.20 vs. 6.75 ± 4.06 months; adjusted mean difference 0.81, 95% CI -0.46 to 2.08; p = 0.21). In per-protocol analyses, exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration was longer for SSC than care-as-usual dyads (exclusive: 4.89 ± 1.26 vs. 3.25 ± 1.80 months; adjusted mean difference 1.28, 95% CI 0.31-2.24; p = 0.01; continued: 10.81 ± 1.97 vs. 6.98 ± 4.08 months; adjusted mean difference 2.33, 95% CI 0.13-4.54; p = 0.04). Exploratory dose-response effects indicated that more SSC hours predicted longer exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration. This study demonstrates that for the total group, the 5-week daily SSC intervention did not extend exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration. However, for mothers performing a regular daily hour of SSC, this simple and accessible intervention may extend exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration by months. Future studies are required to confirm these promising findings. Trial registration: Netherlands Trial Register (NTR5697).
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