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Paternal vs Maternal Kangaroo and routine care for pain relief in preterm neonates after heel lancet procedure

Not Applicable
Conditions
Preterm Infant.
28 Completed weeks or more but less than 37
Registration Number
IRCT2014120217972N4
Lead Sponsor
Deputy of Research Tehran University Of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Other
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
240
Inclusion Criteria

Preterm neonates born between 28 and 36 weeks gestational age who were expected to stay in the neonatal intensive care unit for at least 3 blood sampling procedures; body temperature stability between 36/3-36/9; Infant with apgar first minutes more than 6; without hypoglycemia and any congenital anomaly; No needs to oxygen therapy in all study time; approached parents; Not having central venous line; Infant nutrition with breast feeding or formula milk; Not using sedative drugs at past 24 hours
Exclusion criteria: No more than one time blood sampling procedures in each day; Restless baby;
Infants undergoing mechanical ventilation; refuse parents to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain caused by heel blood sampling. Timepoint: Before lancet handeling?While lancet handeling?After lancet handeling. Method of measurement: Premature infant pain profile.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in heart rate. Timepoint: One minute before the lancet-During Lancet-after lancet. Method of measurement: Pipp.;Change in o2 saturation. Timepoint: Before lancet-During Lancet-after lancet. Method of measurement: Premature infant pain profile.
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