Effects of massage on bilirubin levels in preterm infants
- Conditions
- eonatal jaundice, unspecified.Physiological jaundice (intense)(prolonged) NOS
- Registration Number
- IRCT201206059949N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research deputy of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
stabilization of neonate's condition (12-24 hours after birth), Apgar score 7 or more, gestational age 30-36 weeks, weighing more than 1250 g, 5th minutes after birth Apgar score 7 or more, lack of any massage contraindication (like wound, skin lesions, burn, ecchymosis, fracture or joint dislocation, infectious rush and hyperthermia), lack of obvious congenital anomalies, absence of congenital infection
Exclusion criteria: getting neonatal clinical Icter after 24 hours after birth, any proof of known causes of jaundice like: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, hypothyroidism, RH or ABO incompatibility or any evidence of erythrocytes lysis, getting phototherapy, blood transfusion and medication (drugs such as intravenous Immunoglobulin, Metalloporphyrins and Clofibrate) for jaundice a day after birth, Infection during the study (blood culture or cerebrospinal fluid culture - positive CSF).
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Skin bilirubin levels. Timepoint: Before the intervention, and then daily until the tenth day or discharged date. Method of measurement: in mg/dl with transcutaneous bilirubinometry.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Stool frequency. Timepoint: daily until the tenth day or discharged date. Method of measurement: Depending on the number recorded in the infants’ files.