The Effect of Non-nutritive Sucking on Pain During Examination for Retinopathy of Prematurity

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Other: non-nutritive sucking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04463927

2020/2-16

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: The aim of the study is to determine the effect of non-nutritive sucking on pain during examination for retinopathy of prematurity.

Method: The study is conducted as a randomized controlled trial. The population of the study is premature newborn who treatment in a neonatal intensive unit. The premature newborns divided into two groups as an intervention and control group according to randomization. After the randomization, non-nutritive sucking is applied to the intervention group. No method is applied to the control group.

Full description

A topical anesthetic will be applied to all premature newborns 30 seconds before eye examination. Non-nutritive sucking is applied to the intervention group during the examination for retinopathy of prematurity. No method is applied to the control group during the examination for retinopathy of prematurity

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 28 to 36 weeks old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• having an examination for retinopathy of prematurity for the first time,
• age was between 28-35 weeks

Exclusion criteria

• having no congenital anomalies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The non-nutritive sucking is applied to the group during the examination for retinopathy of prematurity

Treatment:

Other: non-nutritive sucking

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The non-nutritive sucking is not applied to the control group.