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This prospective randomized study was conducted in one hospital (July\u2013September 2017).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A higher percentage of newborns who had a skin-to-skin contact with their mothers had their bath at 24\u00a0h vs 2\u00a0h after birth (65.2% vs 33.3%; p\u2009=\u20090.01). A higher percentage of mothers who helped in their baby\u2019s bath had their baby\u2019s bath at 24\u00a0h vs 2\u00a0h (65.2% vs 5.9%; p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and vs 6\u00a0h (65.2% vs 15.7%; p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) respectively. A higher mean incubation time was seen between newborns who had their bath at 2\u00a0h (2.10 vs 1.78; p\u2009=\u20090.002) and 6\u00a0h (2.18 vs 1.78; p\u2009=\u20090.003) compared to those who had their bath at 24\u00a0h respectively. A higher percentage of newborns who took their first bath 24\u00a0h after birth were calm compared to crying vigorously (38.6% vs 9.1%; p\u2009=\u20090.04). Delaying newborn first bath until 24\u00a0h of life was associated with benefits (reducing hypothermia and vigorous crying, benefit from the vernix caseosa on the skin and adequate time of skin-to-skin contact and mother participation in her child\u2019s bathing.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13104-020-05282-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,14]],"date-time":"2020-09-14T13:03:15Z","timestamp":1600088595000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Newborn\u2019s first bath: any preferred timing? 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