Breastfeeding and Skin-to-Skin Contact for Pain Relief in Newborns Undergoing Heel Puncture

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pain; Infant,Newborn; Rooming-in-care

• Registration Number: RBR-5trktfy
• Lead Sponsor: Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2020-03-16
• Study Start: 2021-05-27
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruitment completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Full-term newborns admitted to the rooming-care, with a medical prescription for regular control of capillary blood glucose through heel puncture; showing signs that breastfeeding is being effective according to the breastfeeding observation form; suitable for gestational age (AGA), small for gestational age (SGA), large for gestational age (GIG) and underweight; without previous breastfeeding in the last 30 min; postnatal age =06 hours; APGAR =7 in the 5th min of life; clinical stability keeping the physiological parameters in the normal range, that is, heart rate between 120 and 140 bpm and SaO2 = 89%. Mothers who wish and do not have a contraindication to breastfeed.

Exclusion Criteria

Newborns with dysfunction of the stomatognathic system that would interfere with the suction mechanics; using painkillers or other drugs that would interfere with responses to nociception or whose mother was receiving these drugs; in contact precaution, due to the amount of equipment available for collection; needed resuscitation maneuvers in the delivery room; admitted to the neonatal ICU shortly after birth, before being admitted in the rooming-care. Mothers who do not have clinical conditions to participate in the study (diagnosed with postpartum depression; those with immediate postpartum complications and birth trauma).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified