Development of the Couplet Care Bassinet

Description

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.

Conditions

Breastfeeding, Sleep, Patient Satisfaction

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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.

Development of the Couplet Care Bassinet to Support Safe Implementation of Skin-to-skin Contact and rooming-in on Postnatal Units

Development of the Couplet Care Bassinet

Condition
Breastfeeding
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * postpartum female participant
  • * at least 18 years of age
  • * who can communicate in English
  • * 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

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

Cecilia Tomori, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins University

Study Record Dates

2025-07-30