Facilitated Tucking Position, Gentle Human Touch Practices and Pain

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Premature; Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Gentle Human Touch; Behavioral: Facilitated Tucking Position

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05948098

HRÜ/230818

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective study is planned as a randomized controlled study to evaluate the effect of facilitated tucking position and gentle human touch practices on the pain experienced by newborns during heel blood collection. This study is planned to be carried out between 15 July and 15 December 2023 in the neonatal intensive care unit of a training and research hospital in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. The sample size was calculated based on the study of premature infants to determine the effect of facilitated tucking position on procedural pain. According to the results of the study, PIPP pain scores were determined as 11.88±3.05 in the intervention group (n=17) and 9.06±2.95 in the control group (n=17). The effect size of the study was determined as d= 0.939 at α=0.05 level and 95% confidence interval. It was decided to conduct the study with a total of 90 premature babies, 30 of whom were in the groups, in case of data loss during the study.

Full description

Neonatal pain negatively affects prognosis, behavior, environmental adaptation, development of the brain and senses, and interaction. Effective management of neonatal pain supports health and recovery, shortens hospital stays, and reduces care costs and the prevalence of neurobehavioral problems. Therefore, proper management of pain in newborns is important for the healthy development of newborns. Many invasive procedures are applied to newborns hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units. Non-nutritive sucking, oral sucrose, kangaroo care, facilitated tucking position, and gentle human touch have proven to have positive effects on the pain experienced by newborns during interventional procedures. In this study, the effect of facilitated tucking position and gentle human touch practices applied during heel blood collection on the perception of pain in premature newborns will be examined.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 34 to 37 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Premature newborns (34-37 weeks of gestation), dependent on nasal CPAP, without congenital anomalies, not taking sedative or analgesic drugs, not receiving oral feeding, and whose parents approved to participate in the study will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Newborns with open wounds on their body, bleeding disorders, and those who underwent a painful procedure just before heel blood sampling will not be included in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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98 participants in 3 patient groups

Facilitated Tucking Position

Experimental group

Description:

Prior to the procedure, parents will be informed about facilitated tucking position practices.Heel blood will be drawn from newborns after facilitated tucking position practices are performed. The pain of newborns will be evaluated with the "Neonatal Pain Diagnostic Scale (NIPS)" before, during and after the procedure. Practice: For the facilitated tucking position, the lower and upper extremities of the newborn will be kept in lateral flexion and close to the midline. Meanwhile, the researcher's hand will be gently held on the baby's head and the other hand on the baby's hips, without restricting the baby's movements. The facilitated tucking position will be given one minute before the heel blood collection and will be maintained for one minute during and after the blood collection.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Facilitated Tucking Position

Gentle Human Touch

Experimental group

Description:

Before the procedure, parents will be informed about gentle human touch practice. After Gentle human touch practice, heel blood will be taken from newborns. The pain of newborns will be evaluated with the "Neonatal Pain Diagnostic Scale (NIPS)" before, during and after the procedure. Practice: For the Gentle human touch practice, the researcher will place one hand on the newborn's top (head) above the brow line and the other hand on the lower abdomen covering the baby's waist and hips. Gentle human touch practice will be started 10-15 minutes before the procedure and will continue throughout the process and until 15 minutes after the end of the process.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Gentle Human Touch

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

During the heel blood collection, no procedures other than routine procedures applied in the clinic will be applied. The pain of newborns will be evaluated with the "Neonatal Pain Diagnostic Scale (NIPS)" before, during and after the procedure.