Johns Hopkins University
The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Couplet Care bassinet on maternal-infant outcomes in the postnatal hospital setting. The main question this study aims to answer is: Does the Couplet Care bassinet have better maternal-infant outcomes compared to the standard bassinet? The mother participants will: -be surveyed about experiences with and use of the bassinet including: the mother's sleep, breastfeeding, calls to staff, infant location, and satisfaction. Charts will be reviewed for additional outcomes. Hospital staff and administrators will be surveyed about experiences with the bassinet.
The current study is a Phase II evaluation of the Couplet Care bassinet, designed by Couplet Care Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), a novel infant clinical bassinet designed to support safe implementation of skin-to-skin contact and rooming-in on postnatal units. Until recently, the standard of hospital care for healthy term newborns was to be observed and cared for by maternity staff in a nursery with other infants. However, as detailed in the World Health Organization (WHO) / United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) report Ten Steps for Successful Breastfeeding, it…
Inclusion Criteria: (from protocol) * postpartum female participant * at least 18 years of age * who can communicate in English Exclusion Criteria: * If postpartum female has had multiple infants (twins or more) or * participant has an infant who is not rooming-in, such as for infant or maternal intensive care
Couplet Care Bassinet
Standard Bassinet
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