Effect of Massage Therapy on Neonatal Jaundice
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: P599- Neonatal jaundice, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/03/031890
- Lead Sponsor
- Max Super Speciality Hospital Vaishali
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
1.Infants being born between 37 and 41 weeks plus 6 days of gestation
2.Infants requiring phototherapy as per AAP guidelines
Exclusion Criteria
1.Neonates with disease disrupting skin integrity (epidermolysis bullosa, ichthyosis, collodion baby)
2.Need for Exchange Transfusion
3.ABO or Rh incompactibility
4.Infants with gastrointestinal obstruction and biliary atresia
5.Infants with congenital major deformities/malformations
6.Asphyxia, Sepsis, G6PD Deficiency
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rate of reduction of bilirubin every 12 hours in Test and Control groupsTimepoint: Rate of reduction of bilirubin every 12 hours in Test and Control groups
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Difference in Frequency of stools <br/ ><br>2. Difference in Frequency of urine <br/ ><br>3. Side effects like hypo/hyperthermia in both groups. <br/ ><br>4. Requirement of exchange transfusion in both groups(failure of phototherapy)Timepoint: 24 hrs after admission, 48 hrs afer admission