Status:

COMPLETED

Monitoring of Vital Signs During Skin-to-skin Holding by Mothers of Their Preterm Babies

Lead Sponsor:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Conditions:

Other Preterm Infants

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-35 years

Brief Summary

This observational study aims to monitor the vital sign changes in both mother and baby that occur during kangaroo care in preterm infants and to investigate any potential correlations between materna...

Detailed Description

The goal of this observational study is to identify any signs of early "social response" in order to be able to assist infants that lack this response with early neurobehavioral modifications.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • inborn at Mount Sinai
  • gestational age between 30 0/7 weeks and 34 6/7 weeks gestation
  • only one infant of a multiple gestation
  • plan by family to do kangaroo care during NICU stay

Exclusion

  • outborn infants
  • gestational age less that 29 6/7 weeks or greater than 35 0/7 weeks
  • other infants of multiple gestation (see inclusion criteria)
  • any major congenital anomalies
  • sepsis and/or any other serious clinical complication precluding kangaroo care

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2014

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02231801

Start Date

September 1 2014

End Date

September 1 2015

Last Update

December 31 2015

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, United States, 10029