Status:

COMPLETED

Non-pharmacological Methods in Pain Managment During Heel Stick in Preterm Infants

Lead Sponsor:

Negarin Akbari

Conditions:

Pain, Acute

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-10 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Aims and objectives: This study was performed to examine the effects of Non-nutritive sucking, breast milk odor, and Facilitated tucking on preterm infant pain before, during, and after heel-stick pro...

Detailed Description

Aim: Due to the necessity of various painful procedures and their side effects on infants, pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods are adopted to reduce the pain. Since pharmacological methods...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Week of gestation is between 31 and 36 weeks
  • Not being exposed to a painful procedure at least 1 hour before the interventions
  • At least 1 hour has passed since feeding
  • Not taking analgesics and/or sedatives in the last 4 hours
  • Body weight of 1000 grams or more
  • Having mother's milk
  • Not exceeding the 10th day of postnatal age

Exclusion

  • Having ventilator support
  • Having a congenital anomaly
  • Using analgesic / narcotic analgesic drugs
  • Continuous sedative treatment
  • Having a congenital malformation that may cause asphyxia and affect respiration
  • Having intracranial bleeding

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 15 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 2 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

144 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05281367

Start Date

December 15 2021

End Date

January 2 2022

Last Update

March 16 2022

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Golestan University of Medical Sciences

Gorgan, Golestan Province, Iran, 017