Can a simple scarf boost baby bonding time?
NCT ID NCT04881071
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a specially designed scarf helps parents hold their healthy newborn babies skin-to-skin more often than usual care. About 143 mothers took part. The goal was to see if the scarf increases the daily time babies spend in skin-to-skin contact with their parents.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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143 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Finished
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Jul 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: \- Moders attending the first hospital visit with the midwife, with delivery planned in either of the two study hospitals Exclusion Criteria: * Language barrier that prevents collaboration in the study procedures * Cognitive impairment preventing collaboration in the study procedures * Morbid obesity
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Consorci Sanitari Alt Penedes i Garraf
Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, 08810, Spain