Immediate skin-to-skin contact in very preterm neonates and early childhood neurodevelopment

JAMA Network Open

2025-04-16

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial, 2 hours of mother-neonate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) in the delivery room did not enhance neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 to 3 years of age. However, the SSC group demonstrated improved breastfeeding practices up to 12 months compared with standard care, suggesting that the feasible and low-cost SSC intervention should be encouraged in clinical practice.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Laila Kristoffersen, RN, PhD, email laila.kristoffersen@ntnu.no.

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