Effect of Maternal Heart Sound on Crying Time and Pain Level in Newborns During Heel Blood Collection

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infant, Newborn, Disease; Pain

Treatments: Other: Listening the maternal heart sound during the invasive interventions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05520164

Saglik Bilimleri U

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was carried out to determine the effect of maternal heart sound listened to by newborns during heel blood collection on pain level and crying time.

Full description

The randomized controlled and experimental study was conducted with 60 newborns applied to a public family health center for heel blood collection. The infants in the experimental group (n=30) were listened to the maternal heart sound before, during, and after the heel blood collection procedure, and routine blood collection was applied to the control group (n=30). Newborn Information Form and Newborn Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) were used to collect data.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 28 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Gestational age of 38-41 weeks,
• Chronological age of 2-28 days,
• Without any physical, metabolic or genetic disease,
• Newborns who did not use any analgesic drugs before the procedure

Exclusion criteria

• Newborns whose heel blood cannot be taken at once

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine heel blood was taken from the control group. At the same time, the behaviors of newborns were recorded on camera throughout the procedure. At the end of the study, the camera recording was watched and scored by two midwives who had training in the Neonatal Pain Scale.

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

The newborns in the experimental group listened to the recorded heart sounds of their mothers for 1 minute before the heel blood procedure, during the procedure and for 1 minute after the procedure. At the same time, the behaviors of newborns were recorded on camera throughout the procedure. At the end of the study, the camera recording was monitored and scored by two midwives trained in the Neonatal Pain Scale.

Treatment:

Other: Listening the maternal heart sound during the invasive interventions