Peripheral Central Catheter (PICC) Care

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Acute; NEWBORN

Treatments: Other: Palmar grasp reflex stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06352918

B.30.2.ATA.0.01.00/395

Details and patient eligibility

About

Peripheral Central Catheter (PICC) is one of the painful interventions that are routinely performed repeatedly to establish a safe venous access in preterm babies.Nurses should reduce the pain of babies and ensure their comfort during interventions arising from the necessity of care processes.

Today, it is accepted that tactile stimuli, which have a pain-reducing effect on babies, should be used as a complementary treatment and care method. Palmar grasp reflex is one of the important tactile stimuli to reduce pain and provide comfort in babies. This research will be conducted to examine the effect of palmar grasp reflex stimulation on pain and comfort levels in PICC care in preterm babies.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 28 to 36 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Without congenital defects,
• Not receiving sedation at least 3 hours before PICC care,
• No unexplained crying,
• Without neurological problems,
• Not undergoing surgical intervention,
• Babies with PICC insertion

Exclusion criteria

• Having had a painful procedure (invasive procedure, etc.) within the last hour,
• Babies for whom permission was not obtained from the parent through an informed voluntary consent form

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Reflex Stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Along with the NICU PICC care application procedures, palmar grasp reflex stimulation was performed on all babies by the same researcher, starting one minute before the procedure.

Treatment:

Other: Palmar grasp reflex stimulation

PICC Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Without any intervention to the control group, the necessary data were recorded in accordance with the NICU's PICC care application procedures.