sing parental touch to relieve pain in newborn infants

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Acute procedural pain in neonates; Neonatal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14135962
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford

Brief Summary

2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38373429/ (added 21/02/2024) 2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38284396/ Parental experience (added 24/02/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-08-23
• Study Completion: 2023-08-07
• Last Update Posted: 4 March 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 112

Inclusion Criteria

1. Participants born at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford or the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devon
2. Neonates born at or after 35+0 weeks' gestation
3. Neonates with a postnatal age of 7 days or less
4. Neonates who require a heel lance as part of routine clinical care
5. Neonates for whom parents/guardians have given written informed consent for inclusion in the trial

Exclusion Criteria

1. Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) > grade II
2. Received any analgesics or sedatives in the last 24 hours
3. Congenital malformation or genetic condition known to affect neurological development
4. Born to mothers who have a history of substance abuse

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Magnitude of noxious-evoked brain activity following a heel lance measured using EEG data recorded in the 1000 ms period following the procedure