Effect of Facilitated Tucking and Gentle Human Touch on Procedural Pain Among Neonates
- Conditions
- Non Pharmacological Pain Management
- Registration Number
- NCT06415240
- Lead Sponsor
- Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University
- Brief Summary
This is a Randomized Control Trial intended to investigate the effect of two non-pharmacological interventions on procedural pain among neonates.
- Detailed Description
The Study Design is a Randomized Control Trial, intended to investigate the effect of facilitated tucking and gentle human touch on procedural pain among neonates (age 28 days). Neonatal Infant Pain Scale will be used for pain scoring, data will be collected by recording demographic variables for all neonates and then capturing a video recording for pain scoring by an independent research assistant.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 159
- Both term and preterm neonates.
- APGAR scores of a minimum of 6 at one minute and 8 at 5 minutes
- Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Undergoing arterial prick for the first time.
- Documented birth asphyxia
- Congenital anomalies
- Neurological diagnosis,
- ventilated with paralysis
- Extremely premature newborns (Gestational age < 28 weeks)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Neonatal Infant Pain Scale Before,During Arterial Prick and after three minutes scoring of pain based on a scale used in neonates both for term and pre term babies.( Minimum Pain Score 0, Maximum 7, Higher number indicates the worse outcome
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
🇵🇰Islamabad, Pakistan
Shifa Tameer E Millat University
🇵🇰Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences🇵🇰Islamabad, PakistanAyesha Majeed, MBBSContact92519107679info@szabmu.edu.pkSubera Ahmad, BSNSub Investigator