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The effects of blood sampling place on pain and Physiological indices of premature infants

Not Applicable
Conditions
Condition 1: pain. Condition 2: Blood-sampling.
Other specified soft tissue disorders
Medical procedure, unspecified
Registration Number
IRCT2016042513691N6
Lead Sponsor
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

gestational age of 28-30 weeks and 30-32 weeks and appropriate weight for gestational age; need for venous blood sampling in 4 to 8 days after birth; absence of congenital malformations and skin lesions on infants’ hands or heads; the absence of blood disorders in mother's medical history; no history of smoking, alcohol and drug consumption by mothers during pregnancy; not using of sedative from 12 hours before sampling; absence of Signs of Asphyxia; Stability of cardio-respiratory status; The intervals between two sampling times more than 24 hours; not receiving invasive interventions in the last six hours before blood sampling.
Exclusion criteria: Parents’ willing to study; multiple try for sampling; report of cerebral hemorrhage or brain abnormalities in cranial ultrasound; inappropriate quality of video to interpretation.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain. Timepoint: from 2 minutes to 6 minutes after blood sampling, Every 2 minutes. Method of measurement: Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital Pain Scale.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Heart rate , Blood oxygen saturation. Timepoint: from 2 minutes to 6 minutes after blood sampling, Every 2 minutes. Method of measurement: monitor device - Massimo 1600.
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