ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2024
Maternal stress and breastfeeding outcomes in the NICU couplet care experience: a prospective cohort study.
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- Breastfeeding infants with CHD: an evidence summary and recommendations from the Cardiac Newborn Neuroprotective Network, a special interest group of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative.Cardiology in the young · 2025Guideline
- Stable Trends in Clinical Outcomes Before Introduction of Couplet Care in a Danish Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Outcomes of Congenital Heart Disease Deliveries at a Freestanding Children's Hospital.Pediatric cardiology · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a multimodal intervention for mothers of newborns hospitalized in the intensive care unit to increase exclusive breastfeeding.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Article
- Skin-to-skin contact in neonatal intensive care units: a narrative review of implementation challenges and strategies within infant- and family-centered care.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Dyadic Care Interventions and Outcomes for Mothers and Their Infants: A Scoping Review.Pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveCouplet care is an innovative approach to provide postpartum care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with little known about its impact on infant feeding outcomes and maternal stress. STUDY
designWe compared breastfeeding outcomes and maternal NICU-related stress among mother-infant dyads based on exposure to couplet care in a prospective cohort study.
resultAmong 19 couplet-care exposed (CCE) dyads and 19 traditional postpartum care dyads, CCE mothers had lower self-reported stress related to parent-infant relationship as compared to traditional care (P < 0.001). CCE infants received relatively more feeds at the breast (P < 0.001), more breastmilk feeds (P = 0.002), and fewer feeds by staff (P < 0.001). Adjusted for gestational age, marital status, and infant length of stay, couplet care was associated with being in a higher tertile of percent breastmilk feeds (aOR 7.29, 95% CI 1.45-36.65).
conclusionNICU couplet care was associated with improved parental stress and breastfeeding outcomes during hospitalization.
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