Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RHC28210
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does skin-to-skin contact compared to routine care on first breast feeding experience and at 3 months improve quality and duration of breast feeding?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Pregnancy and childbirth: Breast feeding
Intervention
Comparing skin-to-skin with routine care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Success of first breast feed
2. Prevalence of breast feeding at 3 months
3. Maternal satisfaction with skin-to-skin contact
4. Midwives' attitudes to the implementation of skin-to-skin contact in labour ward
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2001
Overall trial end date
01/01/2003
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
200 healthy pregnant women +36 weeks gestation who intend to breast feed
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
200
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2001
Recruitment end date
01/01/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Warrington Hospital NHS Trust
Warrington
WA5 1QG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive North West (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2005 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15740818
Publication citations
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Results
Carfoot S, Williamson P, Dickson R, A randomised controlled trial in the north of England examining the effects of skin-to-skin care on breast feeding., Midwifery, 2005, 21, 1, 71-79, doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2004.09.002.