Physiological Parameters and Crying Time in the Newborn Bath

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Infant, Newborn
• Interventions: Other: Palmar Grasp Reflex Stimulation

• Registration Number: NCT05295147
• Lead Sponsor: Ataturk University

Brief Summary

Bathing is essential for maintaining and improving the health of the newborn. It has numerous beneficial effects, such as cleaning and protecting the skin, preventing infections, cleaning unwanted substances, regulating blood circulation and the respiratory system, regulating body temperature, relieving pain, providing comfort, and supporting the parent-infant bond. Although bathing has many benefits, it is a stressful experience for newborn babies. Research on the effects of bathing on babies has shown that babies experience behavioral difficulties during bathing, such as crying, restlessness, hiccups, yawning, tremors, body looseness, looseness of the extremities, facial looseness, opening of fingers, and grimacing. Bathing may also lead to some physiological responses, such as hypothermia, hypoxia, dyspnea, cyanosis, desaturation, and tachycardia.Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of palmar grasp reflex stimulation during neonatal bath on the physiological parameters and crying time of the newborn.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-07
• Study Completion: 2022-03-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-15
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-24
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 82

Inclusion Criteria

• At least 24 hours after birth
• have a gestational age over 36
• not be asphyxiated
• Feeding at least 1-3 hours before bathing
• Not receiving analgesic sedation before bathing
• Stable vital signs

Exclusion Criteria

• Ineligible for immersion tub bathing

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Palmar Grasp Reflex Stimulation	Palmar Grasp Reflex Stimulation	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pulse per minute	12 week
Body temperature in Celsius	12 week
Oxygen saturation levels in %	12 week
Crying time in seconds	12 week
Respiratory rate per minute	12 week

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AtaturkU; 🇹🇷 Yakuti̇ye, Erzurum, Turkey