The effect of Kangaroo care on pain in preterm newborns
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pain.Acute Pain
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013030412702N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 64
Inclusion Criteria
were newborns with gestational age of 30 -36 weeks; within 3 - 14 days of birth; breathing unassisted; did not have any congenital anomalies and central nervous system diseases; had not undergone surgery; and were not receiving paralytic; analgesic; or sedative medications within 48 hours; Mothers had to be willing and able to hold their infant in the KMC position for the study.
Exclusion criteria: declining the mother from participation; discharging from the hospital before second heel lancing with written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain from heel lance. Timepoint: before, during and 2 minutes after the lancing. Method of measurement: PIPP was used.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method