R e s u l t s
Figure 1 shows the trial flow of the study. Of the 128 maternal infant dyads screened for eligibility, 45 mothers refused to give consent; another 42 dyads were excluded based on the prespecified criteria. The remaining 41 in- fants were randomly allocated into early SSC and control groups (n = 20 and 21, respectively). All the infants in the intervention group received early SSC for 2 h after birth.