Acute Effects of Neonatal Hydrokinesiotherapy in Newborn Preterm Hospitalized

Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Newborn Preterm

Treatments: Procedure: Hydrokinesiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02707731

HUPedroernesto

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the acute effects of neonatal hydrokinesiotherapy in reducing stress in newborn preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Salivary cortisol samples were collected, pain applying the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale Scale (NIPS), heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation before and after hydrotherapy.

Full description

Newborns have the neurological maturity to perceive pain, including preterm. In the environment of the neonatal intensive care unit newborns are subject to environmental stress and numerous painful interventions. Based on the physiological properties of water, it is known that the hydrotherapy promotes comfort, reduces stress, and as a resource for treatment of various diseases. This study aims to evaluate the acute effects of neonatal hydrokinesiotherapy in reducing stress in newborn preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 36 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• gestational age above 37 weeks
• clinically stable
• without ventilatory support

Exclusion criteria

• access deep below the shoulders
• umbilical catheterization
• neurological and cardiac disorders
• clinically unstable

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Hydrokinesiotherapy in preterm

Experimental group

Description:

Salivary cortisol samples, pain applying the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale Scale, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation were collected before and after hydrokinesiotherapy

Treatment:

Procedure: Hydrokinesiotherapy