The Effects on Pain of Acupressure and Foot Reflexology Before Heel Lancing in Newborns

Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Interventions Pain

Treatments: Other: Control Grup; Other: Foot Reflexology Methods; Other: Acupressure methods

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04643730

Ayşe Özge DENİZ

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to determine the effects of foot reflexology and acupressure on the KI3 and St36 points on pain during interventions when these procedures were administered before heel lancing in term newborns.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 24+ hours old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Being born by cesarean section,
2. Being a term newborn,
3. Being completed the 24th hour of the postnatal period,
4. Staying with birth mother,
5. Being fed in the last half hour before the procedure,
6. Having a heel prick performed by the same nurse,
7. Giving blood on the first try (because pain level may change on the second try),
8. Having a mother who gave written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Having no health problem,
2. Being underwent more than 2 invasive interventions,
3. Receiving an analgesic/sedative drug in the 8 hours before the application.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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105 participants in 3 patient groups

Reflexology Group

Experimental group

Description:

Foot Reflexology was applied to the babies before heel lancing

Treatment:

Other: Foot Reflexology Methods

Acupressure Group

Experimental group

Description:

Acupressure was applied to the babies before heel lancing

Treatment:

Other: Acupressure methods

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

No pre-application was made to the babies in the control group as a routine procedure

Treatment:

Other: Control Grup