The Effect of Touch Methods on Pain and Physiological Parameters in Preterm Infants During Endotracheal Aspiration
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Preterm
Pain
Infant ALL
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 24 Weeks – 37 Weeks
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Participants needed
- 81 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University · Other
Think this trial could be right for you?
Answer a few quick questions to see if you may meet the eligibility requirements.
Check Your Eligibility
About This Trial
Recurrent and painful interventions such as heel lancing, venipuncture, dressing change, endotracheal aspiration are frequently performed in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Touch is one of the infant's earliest developing senses. Therefore it is very important among individualized supportive care practices. Correct stimulation of the infant's sense of touch affects psychosocial development p…
Trial Locations
Loading…
Loading trial locations…
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* The gestational week of the infant is less than 38
* Absence of congenital anomaly
* Mechanical ventilator support
* Absence of comorbid disease
* Not having undergone surgery
* No analgesic medication has been administered in the last hour
Exclusion Criteria:
• Infants with…
Contacts