The influence of touch stimulation on salivary cortisol levels in preterm infants

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Most preterm infant need treatment at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and most of them need mechanical ventilation. Infants who are treated at the NICU will be at risk of experiencing stress s; Massage, NICU, preterm infant, touch stimulation, salivary cortisol

• Registration Number: TCTR20190110001
• Lead Sponsor: &#45

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2018-08-31
• Study Start: 2019-01-10
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 39

Inclusion Criteria

Preterm infants with gestational age under 37 weeks (ages are mesured as gestational age, not post-natal age).
No need for artificial ventilation
Absence of congenital anomalies
No feeding of infant for half an hour before the massage.

Exclusion Criteria

Infants who were discharged from the hospital until within the tenth days of the study or were critically ill newborn whom received severe invasive procedures within tenth days of intervention or their mothers did not completely adhere to the study protocol were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Salivary cortisol level. September 2018 radio-immunoassay method by The Salimetrics® device.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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