Study of Applying Acupressure in Low-birth Weight Premature

Li-Li Chen

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Premature

Treatments: Behavioral: acupressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03061968

DMR98-IRB-245-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of acupressure application in very low birth weight premature.

Full description

A quasi-experimental study is designed. Sixty premature babies will be recruited by purposed sampling, according to the criteria of very low birth weight (<1500gm) from a sick baby room in a medical center. The control group only receive routine care in sick baby room unite. The babies in experimental group will be observed for one day, and then intervene the simplified acupressure three times a day for 15 days, and continuously recoding the observation and records until discharge. The intervention includes acupressure for 15 minutes each at 10Am, 1Pm and 4Pm.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 37 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• according to the criteria of very low birth weight (<1500gm) from a sick baby room in a medical center.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria of very low birth weight (>1500gm) from a sick baby room in a medical center.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The babies in experimental group will be observed for one day, and then intervene the simplified acupressure three times a day for fifteen days, and continuously recoding the observation and records until discharge.

Treatment:

Behavioral: acupressure

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group only receive routine care in sick baby room unite.