The impact of mother’s gentle touch on the severity of pain experienced by premature infants
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Heel pain during blood sampling. Condition 2: preterm infants.Pain in limbOther preterm infants
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014091510505N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
The inclusion criteria: gestational age of 34-37 weeks; the fifth minute Apgar score of above six; hemodynamically stable condition; feeding half an hour before the intervention; receiving no sedative within the last 48 hours; availability and no history of addiction in mothers. The exclusion criteria: failed heel blood sampling in the first turn; increased baby's heart rate to above 180 beats per minute or decreased heart rate to below 100 beats per minute during the intervention; increased baby's respiratory rate to above 60 beats per minute or decreased respiratory rate to below 30 beats per minute during the intervention; decreased arterial O2 saturation to below 88%, during the intervention.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain in infants. Timepoint: Before, During and 5 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method