Kangaroo Care Reduces Infant Pain Caused By Vaccination

Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Evidence-based Practices; Infant; Nursing; Pain; Kangaroo Mother Care

Treatments: Behavioral: İnfant pain management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04596137

DYIGIT2

Emel SEZICI (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this randomized controlled study determine the effect of KMC on pain in infants during vaccination.

Full description

Infants undergo many painful procedures from the time they are born. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is one of the nonpharmacological methods that are effective in alleviating pain. The aim of this randomized controlled study determine the effect of KMC on pain in infants during vaccination. The study subjects were 128 healthy, 1-month-old infants and their mothers. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS), a pulse oximeter, and a chronometer were used in collecting the data. This study indicate that KMC reduced crying duration, heart rate, and pain in vaccinated infants, whereas it increased oxygen saturation levels in the blood.

Enrollment: 128 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 minute to 30 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The consent of the parents to participate in the application of the study,
• The infant being 1 month old
• Parents and infants being healthy

Exclusion criteria

• The consent of the parents not to participate in the application of the study,
• The infant not being 1 month old
• The parents and infants not being healthy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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128 participants in 1 patient group

İnfant pain management

Experimental group

Description:

Kangaroo mother care was applied to the infants during heel prick. With kangaroo mother care, the pain of infants was reduced.

Treatment:

Behavioral: İnfant pain management