The effects of developmental care on the pain that preterm infants suffer during heel blood sampling in neonatal intensive care unit
- Conditions
- Preterm Neonate.Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015092024100N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Isfahan university of medical science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 32
Inclusion criteria include: gestational age between 32-37 weeks; age below 7 days; hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit; giving no oxygen before and during interventions; full consciousness; receiving at least 2 orders of heel blood sampling in two continuous days; not receiving anticonvulsants and anesthetic drugs; lack of diseases such as congenital defects, neurological disorders, bleeding into the ventricles of the brain, and seizure. Exclusion criteria include: Cancellation of participation in research by newborn parents; the need for oxygen therapy in children for any reason before and during the intervention.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The pain of heel blood sampling. Timepoint: Before intervention, two minutes before heel blood sampling, during heel blood sampling, five minutes after heel blood sampling and 30 minutes after heel blood sampling. Method of measurement: Infant Pain Scale (NIPS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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