Cochrane · systematic review · CD003519
Early skin‐to‐skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants
Moore, ER, Bergman, N, Anderson, GC, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library
Pregnancy and ChildbirthAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 57.1%Moderate 3 · 42.9%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
'Summary of findings Quality of the Evidence using GRADE
Population: mothers and their healthy newborn infants
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Breastfeeding 1 month to 4 months post birth | RR 1.24 [1.07, 1.43] | 14 studies · 887 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Duration of breastfeeding in days | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 264 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
SCRIP score first 6 hours post birth range (0 to 6) at each time point, trials recorded multiple time points** | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 81 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Blood glucose mg/dL at 75 to 180 minutes post birth Thresholds for low glucose vary from 40 mg to 50 mg/dL | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 144 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Infant axillary temperature (°C) | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 558 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge to 1 month post birth | RR 1.3 [1.12, 1.49] | 6 studies · 711 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Exclusive breastfeeding 6 weeks to 6 months post birth | RR 1.5 [1.18, 1.9] | 7 studies · 640 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |