Effect of bath on clinical outcomes in preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- Bath outcome in preterm infants.
- Registration Number
- IRCT201306164617N7
- Lead Sponsor
- Deputy of research, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
age of infants 34-37 weeks of gestation; infant's age at study entry should be 72 hours after birth; no chromosomal abnormalities and congenital anomaly; 5-minute Apgar score of 7; Physiologic stability and no need to oxygen; not having any discharge or bleeding at the site of the umbilical cord; exclusive breast feeding; lack of feeding for at least half an hour before bath; not receiving drugs that affect the level of consciousness, like: phenobarbital; not having a brain hemorrhage, asphyxia, kernicterus, and diseases leading to loss of consciousness; having a baseline baby's body temperature that should be at 36.5 ° C and parent consent for participating of infant in the study.
Exclusion criteria: occurrence of symptoms such as apnea and cyanosis, or have any ill during bathing; baby bathe in the intervention and control groups by staff without notice; washing any parts of baby's body in the intervention and control groups for any reason (including changing diapers, etc.); at least one hour before intervention; tendency of control infant's mother to bath her baby; the baby's mother's unwillingness to continue the study in the intervention group (giving the baby a bath); low frequency of infants' bathing in the intervention group during the study (less than two).
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes of body temperature of preterm infants. Timepoint: On intervention days in 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bath. Method of measurement: Using a mercury thermometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method O2 saturation of preterm infants. Timepoint: On intervention days in 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bath. Method of measurement: Using a novametrix pulse oximeter.;Heart rates of preterm infants. Timepoint: On intervention days in 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bath. Method of measurement: Using a novametrix pulse oximeter.;Weight gain preterm infant. Timepoint: Throughout the study period; daily. Method of measurement: Using a Seca Scale.