A comparison between the effects of swaddled bathing and conventional bathing on physiological and behavioral parameters among the preterm neonates.
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Physiological and behavioral parameters of premature infants in swaddled bathing and conventional bathing.
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013090814594N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion Criteria :
Gestational age of 30–36 weeks; postnatal age of 7-30 days; not using sedatives and short- or long-acting skeletal muscle relaxant drugs; not having substance abuse issues and no sedative drug use by the mother; no major congenital, chromosomal or neurological abnormalities; no need for surgery; no severe growth problems from birth; no evidence of grade II or higher intraventricular hemorrhage; stability of physiological parameters in the infant.
Exclusion Criteria
Occurrence of seizures in the infant; symptoms of physiological instability in the infant; parents' unwillingness to continue cooperating in research.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Temperature. Timepoint: 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bathing. Method of measurement: Axillary mercury thermometer.;Heart rate. Timepoint: 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bathing. Method of measurement: Pulse oximetry.;Blood oxygen saturation. Timepoint: 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bathing. Method of measurement: Pulse oximetry.;Respiration rate. Timepoint: 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bathing. Method of measurement: Observation.;Behavioral responses. Timepoint: During the bathing. Method of measurement: Video camera.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method