Trial reportNursing open2023
Does immediate skin-to-skin contact at caesarean sections promote uterine contraction and recovery of the maternal blood haemoglobin levels? A randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Nursing open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Immediate or early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn during the third stage of labour in reducing postpartum haemorrhage risk.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Does immediate skin-to-skin contact at caesarean sections promote uterine contraction and recovery of the maternal blood haemoglobin levels? A randomized clinical trial.Nursing open · 2023Trial
- Barriers and Facilitators to Skin-to-Skin Contact After Caesarean Section: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Therapeutic Update in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacological Treatments and the ESC Assessment Model. A Systematic Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Beyond Pain Management: Skin-to-Skin Contact as a Humanization Strategy in Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of implementing and sustaining the international guidelines for skin-to-skin contact in the first hour after birth in Uganda.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Humanizing Birth in a Third-Level Hospital: Revealing the Benefits of Natural Cesarean Sections.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimWe analysed whether immediate skin-to-skin contact between the healthy newborn and the mother after a caesarean section has a modulatory role on postpartum haemorrhage and uterine contraction.
designUnblinded, randomized clinical trial, simple random sampling, conducted in women undergoing caesarean sections.
methodsOf the population identified, the caesarean section total (N = 359), 23.2% (N = 83) met the inclusion criteria: scheduled caesarean section, accepting skin-to-skin contact, good level of consciousness. They were randomly allocated to the intervention group, skin-to-skin contact (N = 40), and to the control group, usual procedure (N = 40). There were three losses. Clinical variables: plasma haemoglobin, uterine contraction, breastfeeding, postoperative pain, were measured, and subjective variables: maternal satisfaction, comfort, comparison with previous caesarean section and newborn crying.
resultsWomen with skin-to-skin contact had greater uterine contraction after caesarean section. The maternal plasma haemoglobin levels at discharge were significantly higher. It was associated with higher breastfeeding rate, satisfaction, comfort levels and with less maternal pain and less crying in the newborn.
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