CoolCuddle-1 study
PI: Dr Ela Chakkarapani. Study funded by NIHR between 2019- 2021 to develop a technique to enable parents to cuddle their babies whilst undergoing cooling therapy and intensive care. Funding: £148,412.00
Odd D, Okano S, Ingram J, Blair PS, Billietop A, Fleming PJ, Thoresen M, Chakkarapani E. Physiological responses to cuddling babies with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy during therapeutic hypothermia: an observational study. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2021 Dec;5(1):e001280. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001280. Epub 2021 Dec 16. PMID: 35510511; PMCID: PMC8679081.
Ingram J, Beasant L, Odd D, Chakkarapani E. 'Opportunity to bond and a sense of normality': Parent and staff views of cuddling babies undergoing therapeutic hypothermia in neonatal intensive care: 'CoolCuddle'. Health Expect. 2022 Aug;25(4):1384-1392. doi: 10.1111/hex.13477. Epub 2022 Mar 24. PMID: 35332621; PMCID: PMC9327856.