High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation Therapy and the possibility of its use in infants
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- InfantPatient Acceptance of Health CareF01.100.150.750
- Registration Number
- RBR-5r8v8qz
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairí (FACISA) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Infants from 3 to 6 months old, with one of their guardians; of both sexes; born full term; without health conditions diagnoses or reflux complaints; without respiratory symptoms; which parents or guardians, greater 18 years old, authorize their participation.
Exclusion Criteria
Participants (infant and guardian) who do not attend three scheduled evaluation attempts.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It will be assessed the infant's sleep/wake status, presence or absence of pain using the Children and Infant's Postoperative Pain Scale (CHIPPS) and perception of comfort and acceptance of the equipment by infants and guardians through a questionnaire designed for this purpose, where there are items related to handling the equipment, observation of the infant's comfort after 5, 10 and 15 minutes during use, evaluation of the benefit of the equipment and degree of general satisfaction with the device, in addition to the perception of comfort by their guardians who will be using the equipment with the infant.<br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Respiratory rate (RR), heart rate (HR), peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulmonary auscultation (PA) will be observed, with the RR obtained by counting the respiratory incursions for 1 minute, the HR and SpO2 will be obtained using a pulse oximeter and the pulmonary auscultation using a stethoscope positioned on the infant's chest. These measurements will be performed before, during (0, 5, 10 and 15min) and after (5, 10, 15 and 20min) the use of the equipment.