Observational study found that skin‐to‐skin contact was not common after vaginal birth in Saudi Arabia

Several studies have focused on neonatal maternal separation (MS) to investigate behavioural and neuroendocrine reactions to lack of contact, but only a few have focused on early separation in the first days or weeks after birth. This literature review investigates the vital importance of contact and touch by exploring how skin-to-skin contact (SSC) regulates stress in the mother–infant relationship. Various databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and ScienceDirect were searched for literature published between 2015 and 2020. From 1141 articles, 22 were declared eligible. The reviewed articles showed how SSC regulates child stress by biological indicators such as the autonomic nervous system (ANS), heart rate variability (HRV), cortisol, and oxytocin. This research concludes the importance of SSC for stress regulation, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. With no research to date indicating a possible risk of neonatal COVID-19 transmission following SSC, SSC should continue to be practiced for all women, as recommended by the WHO.

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“…In an observational study by Abdulghani et al [ 74 ], a lack of adherence to SSC practice was presented together with SSC clinicians’ obstacles.…”

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Parent–Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact and Stress Regulation: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Ionio

Ciuffo

Landoni

2021

IJERPH

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“…While KMC is beneficial to baby, it can also benefit mothers as it helps create a stronger mother–baby bond, as well as it helps mothers to cope with anxiety and postpartum depression as SSC triggers release of oxytocin (Badr & Zauszniewski, 2017). It has also been reported to lower the incidence of primary postpartum haemorrhage (Abdulghani, Amir, & Edvardsson, 2020; Abdulghani, Edvardsson, & Amir, 2020).…”

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“…The practice is new in Saudi Arabia. In one study carried out in the Kingdom to observe 22 healthy mother–infant dyads and collect information on duration of SSC, any disturbance and breastfeeding practices using the Birthing Room Audit Tool developed by Cantrill and colleagues in 2014 (Abdulghani, Amir, & Edvardsson, 2020; Cantrill et al, 2014) it was found that although 18 mothers could only hold their baby for 2 days it had a direct SSC while 16 of them had the baby placed on their chest or abdomen with a barrier only for an average of 4 min (Abdulghani, Edvardsson, & Amir, 2020). Various barriers to SSC were identified such as SSC being interrupted several times in the first hour by clinicians completing the assessment or nurses giving vitamin K injections or weighing or dressing the baby.…”

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“…Several studies about knowledge, attitude and practice have highlighted the need to engage all stakeholders to develop clear guidelines about KMC and to facilitate it through training and increasing the numbers of nurses to be able to practice KMC (Abdulghani, Amir, & Edvardsson, 2020; Abdulghani, Edvardsson, & Amir, 2020; Albishry et al, 2018; Al‐Shehri & Binmanee, 2021). A study carried out in Jordan showed very good knowledge and attitudes towards KMC but the practice as indicated by the authors was affected by the lack of training, clear guidelines and policies and lack of organizational support (Shattnawi et al, 2019).…”

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Assessment of nurses' knowledge, attitude and implementation of skin‐to‐skin care within the perinatal setting in Saudi Arabia: Survey study

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Aim To evaluate knowledge, attitude and implementation of Skin‐to‐Skin Care (SSC) among nurses and to assess the implementation of SSC in the perinatal setting. Design A cross‐sectional study design was implemented utilizing survey distributed among critical care paediatric and neonatal nurses. Methods The data collection form was pre‐structured validated tool consisted of two main sections; socio‐demographic characteristics and Likert scale of 20 items covering four main domains in; knowledge, attitude, education and implementation of SSC. Results The vast majority of the sample 91 (98%) were females with mean age and mean years of experience 33.5 ± 6.5 and 9.7 ± 6.5 years respectively. Almost half of them 45 (48.4%) work in obstetric and labor and delivery units. Correlation coefficient revealed a significant association between the total educational years of nursing degree and SSC. The results showed nurses with bachelor or master significantly more knowledgeable and skilled in implementing SSC compared to others.

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Co-creating an educational resource to promote the uptake of Skin-to-Skin Contact in Saudi Arabia

Hawsawi,

Fernandez,

Mackay

et al. 2023

Nurse Education in Practice

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Observational study found that skin‐to‐skin contact was not common after vaginal birth in Saudi Arabia

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Parent–Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact and Stress Regulation: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Parent–Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact and Stress Regulation: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Assessment of nurses' knowledge, attitude and implementation of skin‐to‐skin care within the perinatal setting in Saudi Arabia: Survey study

Co-creating an educational resource to promote the uptake of Skin-to-Skin Contact in Saudi Arabia

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