Non-Nutritive Sucking and Swaddling for Pain Relief in Term Neonates: Randomised Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pain

• Registration Number: NCT00547807
• Lead Sponsor: Sociedade Hospital Samaritano

Brief Summary

Non pharmacological approaches are important in pain control in neonates, specially in term healthy neonates. Non-nutritive sucking and swaddling are considered effective strategies for pain control in these population, but the effect in their association are not clear until now. The hypothesis of the study is that association between non-nutritive sucking and swaddling reduces pain scores resulting from venepuncture compared to non-nutritive sucking alone.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01
• Study First Submitted: 2007-10-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-10-22
• Study First Posted: 2007-10-23
• Status Verified: 2009-02
• Primary Completion: 2009-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-02-25
• Last Update Posted: 2009-02-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• Term healthy neonates

Exclusion Criteria

• NICU admission

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain score	pre painfull procedure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sociedade Hospital Samaritano; 🇧🇷 São Paulo, SP, Brazil