ISRCTN ISRCTN03365778
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN03365778
Secondary identifying numbers 02277
Submission date
29/12/2005
Registration date
24/01/2006
Last edited
27/01/2010
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Helen Ball
Scientific

Department of Anthropology
Durham University
43 Old Elvet
Durham
DH1 3HN
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)191 3340260
Email h.l.ball@dur.ac.uk

Study information

Study designRandomised non-blinded intervention
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typePrevention
Scientific title
Study objectivesThat mother-infant sleep proximity on the first two nights of life affects the success of breastfeeding initiation
Ethics approval(s)Approval received 27/09/2002 reference 2002/272
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedBreastfeeding initiation
InterventionControl: baby in stand alone cot (rooming in)
Intervention 1 = baby in mother's bed
Intervention 2 = baby in side car crib
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureSuccessful initiation of breastfeeding, defined on the basis of the observed infant behaviours (attempted feeds, successful feeds, feeding effort)
Secondary outcome measuresInfant safety, determined by assessing ‘potential risk exposure’: frequency per hour and proportional duration of potentially adverse situations categorised as:
1. Breathing risk (external airways covered)
2. Overheating risk (head completely covered)
3. Falling risk (positioned precariously)
4. Entrapment risk (wedged between bed and side-rail)
5. Overlaying risk (trapped under mother’s torso)
Overall study start date01/10/2002
Completion date31/03/2005

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexFemale
Target number of participants90
Key inclusion criteriaHealthy, non-smoking women, pregnant with a single infant, anticipating a normal vaginal delivery and intending to breast feed
Key exclusion criteriaPost-partum exclusion criteria: caesarean delivery, ill baby or mother and receipt of intravenous or intramuscular opiate analgesics in the preceding 24 hours
Date of first enrolment01/10/2002
Date of final enrolment31/03/2005

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Department of Anthropology
Durham
DH1 3HN
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Research and Development Department
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Queen Victoria Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
England
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)1912 336161
Email trust.rand@nuth.nhs.uk
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/05p40t847

Funders

Funder type

Charity

Project grant from Babes in Arms (10/08/2002) (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/12/2006 Yes No