Facilitated Tucking Position's Effect on Comfort and Breastfeeding

Selcuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Position; Breastfeeding, Exclusive; Preterm Birth

Treatments: Behavioral: Facilitation Tuchking Position

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04704180

B.30.2.ATA.0.01.00/319

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigated the effect of facilitated tucking in the early postpartum period on preterm neonate comfort and breastfeeding performance.

Full description

Individualized Developmental Care (IDC) offered by NICUs yields positive outcomes in preterm neonates and neonates. Those positions should be comfortable and safe to promote physiological stability and optimal neuromotor development. The facilitated tucking position is the position of the baby in its mother's womb. It calms the neonate and helps it feel safe and maintain body control. It also improves sleep quality, stabilizes physiological parameters, gives a sense of security, supports motor development, and optimizes energy use. The facilitated tucking position makes it easier for preterm neonates to undergo invasive procedures (heel blood collection, aspiration etc.). However, there is no published research examining the effect of the facilitated tucking position in the early postpartum period on physiological parameters, comfort, and breastfeeding performance in preterm neonates.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 37 weeks old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Born at 35-37 weeks of gestation,
• Appropriate weight for the week of gestation,
• 1-min and 5-min Apgar score of ≥ 8,
• No oxygen therapy,
• No anatomical and physiological problems,
• Showing no signs of illness,
• No congenital disorder,
• No breastfeeding problems

Exclusion criteria

• No parental consent
• Medical intervention other than the follow-up

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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92 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Group: Facilitation Tuchking Group

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group neonates received facilitated tucking under the radiant heater after birth of the NICU as well as the routine interventions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Facilitation Tuchking Position

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group underwent the routine interventions of the observation unit of the NICU. The group did not receive any other intervention