Hammock Position and Kangaroo Care

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Premature; Infant Development

Treatments: Other: Hammock intervention; Other: Kangaroo care intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06436404

He2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to evaluate the effectiveness of two positions that may have an effect on pain, stress, comfort and physiological parameters in premature infants.

Full description

Providing adequate therapeutic positioning in preterms can minimize postural abnormalities and asymmetries associated with prematurity and NICU stay, as well as support the development of spontaneous and functional motor abilities of infants. Studies show that positioning directly affects cardiovascular, respiratory and sleep-wake states. When the literature is examined; Although the vital signs, pain levels and comfort levels of babies in the NICU have been examined in many applications, the number of studies comparing the hammock position and Kangaroo care in preterms is very limited. Therefore, this study will try to determine the effect of hammock position and kangaroo care on the pain, stress, comfort and physiological parameters of the infants. It is thought that the study will provide new data to the literature and lead to many researches.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 32 to 36 weeks old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infants having at least 2 days of inpatient treatment from,
• Infants 32-36+6. being born during the gestational week,
• Infants not receiving a medical diagnosis other than prematurity (serious respiratory, cardiological, endocrine and metabolic problems, hearing problems, hypoglycemia and sepsis),
• Apgar score above 6 at the 5th minute Infants will included.

Exclusion criteria

• Infants having at least 2 days of inpatient treatment from,
• Infants 32-36+6. being born during the gestational week,
• Infants not receiving a medical diagnosis other than prematurity (serious respiratory, cardiological, endocrine and metabolic problems, hearing problems, hypoglycemia and sepsis),
• Apgar score above 6 at the 5th minute Infants will included.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 3 patient groups

Hammock position group

Experimental group

Description:

A hammock inside the incubator, developed by researchers to prevent heat loss and support posture, will be used.

Treatment:

Other: Hammock intervention

Kangaroo care group

Experimental group

Description:

Kangaroo care will be applied to these preterm infants.

Treatment:

Other: Kangaroo care intervention

Contol group

No Intervention group

Description:

The group will not receive any other intervention.