Assessment of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) during the postpartum stay and its determinant factors among mothers at public health institutions in Ethiopia

OBJECTIVE: The study aimed at assessing skin-to-skin contact (SSC) during the postpartum stay and its determinant factors among mothers at public health institutions in Ethiopia. RESULT: A total of 384 mothers-indexed newborns admitted in postnatal wards were interviewed. The prevalence of mothers’...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bedaso, Asres, Kebede, Emnet, Adamu, Tariku
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6417157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30871623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4176-5
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The study aimed at assessing skin-to-skin contact (SSC) during the postpartum stay and its determinant factors among mothers at public health institutions in Ethiopia. RESULT: A total of 384 mothers-indexed newborns admitted in postnatal wards were interviewed. The prevalence of mothers’ SSC practice to their newborns with in the first 1 h during the postpartum stay was 28.1%. Mothers education (AOR = 18.23 [95% CI 5.26, 63.52]), and number of ANC visits (AOR = 8.55 [95% CI 1.05, 69.54]) were independently associated with SSC practice of mothers to their infants. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-019-4176-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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