An interventional study of breastfeeding and skin to skin contact in Pain, sponsored by Kutahya Health Sciences University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 24 Hours to 36 Hours, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-04.
Sponsored by Kutahya Health Sciences University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Newborns are exposed to painful invasive procedures from the first hours of their lives. It is stated that the functional and anatomical structure of the neural pathways of newborns with many systems immature develops well enough to feel pain and they have the ability to remember after experiencing pain. Physiological symptoms (increase in heart rate and blood pressure, increase in oxygen saturation, etc.) as a result of painful procedures (vascular or heel lance collection, venous or arterial catheterization, subcutaneous and intramuscular injection, chest tube insertion, intubation, aspiration, etc.) applied for diagnosis and treatment in newborns. falling), crying behavior and metabolic problems. In conclusion, the energy resources required for the growth and development of newborns are used to cope with pain, and it is reported that repetitive painful procedures increase mortality and morbidity in newborns.
Heel lance, which is applied to all newborns within the scope of the newborn screening program, is one of the painful invasive procedures for newborns. Heel lance should be taken as capillaries in the first 48 hours after feeding or until the first week of life of newborns. In the literature, non-pharmacological methods applied to reduce the severity of pain felt by newborns during heel lance, which also causes tissue integrity deterioration; It has been observed that studies examining the effects of breast milk, swaddling, holding, breastfeeding, music, oral sucrose, non-nutritive sucking, skin-to-skin contact (SSC) and positioning. SSC, breastfeeding and swaddling + holding methods are among the methods that can be easily used by mothers and nurses. Nurses working in the maternity ward where heel lance sampling is performed in the hospital have a key role in reducing the pain level of newborns by collaborating with the families of the babies.
This study was conducted to compare three different methods (breastfeeding, skin-to-skin contact, swaddling + holding) in reducing the pain felt during routine heel lance from term newborns within the scope of the National "Newborn Screening Program" of the Ministry of Health.
Hypotheses; H1: Breastfeeding method is more effective than skin-to-skin contact and swaddling + holding methods in reducing pain due to heel lance in newborns.
H2: Skin-to-skin contact method is more effective than breastfeeding and swaddling + holding methods in reducing pain due to heel lance collection in newborns.
H3: Swaddling + holding method is more effective than breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact methods in reducing the pain associated with heel lance collection in newborns.
Statistical power analysis was performed at the end of the study in line with the data collected from a total of 90 newborns, 30 of whom were in each study group. The power of the study was found to be 0.81 - 0.99 at the alpha = 0.05 significance level, and the effect size was between 0.02 and 0.68.
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The mother was allowed to sit comfortably in the patient's room, the pulse oximeter probe was attached to the left foot of the newborn, and the newborn, who was placed on the mother's lap, was breastfeeding for 5 minutes before the heel lance, and breastfeeding was continued during the procedure.
Other: breastfeeding
The newborn's clothes were removed so that only the diaper and baby hat were left, and a pulse oximeter probe was attached to his left foot. The newborn was placed on the mother's bare chest between her two breasts, facing the mother's face, with her head up, in the prone position, covered with a baby blanket, and skin-to-skin contact was made between the mother and the newborn for at least 5 minutes before starting the heel lance procedure.
Other: skin to skin contact
A pulse oximeter probe was attached to the newborn's left foot, and the legs were in flexion and abduction position, wrapped with a square cloth blanket and placed on his mother's lap. It was ensured that the newborn was held in the mother's lap with his head up and feet down for 5 minutes before heel lance.
Other: swaddling and holding
The NIPS (Neonatal Infant Pain Scale) pain score, heart rate and oxygen saturation of the newborn were recorded by the researcher in the study group, 2 minutes before the heel lance, 10 seconds during the heel lance, and 2 minutes after the heel lance was completed. In order to determine the crying time of newborns in all three study groups, the voice recorder and stopwatch were turned on two minutes before and 2 minutes after the heel lance.
The NIPS (Neonatal Infant Pain Scale) pain score, heart rate and oxygen saturation of the newborn were recorded by the researcher in the study group, 2 minutes before the heel lance, 10 seconds during the heel lance, and 2 minutes after the heel lance was completed. In order to determine the crying time of newborns in all three study groups, the voice recorder and stopwatch were turned on two minutes before and 2 minutes after the heel lance.
The NIPS (Neonatal Infant Pain Scale) pain score, heart rate and oxygen saturation of the newborn were recorded by the researcher in the study group, 2 minutes before the heel lance, 10 seconds during the heel lance, and 2 minutes after the heel lance was completed. In order to determine the crying time of newborns in all three study groups, the voice recorder and stopwatch were turned on two minutes before and 2 minutes after the heel lance.
Determination of pain scores according to measurement times; before the heel lance procedure, the newborn was 5 minutes after breastfeeding, swaddling and holding, skin-to-skin contact.
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale pain score of the newborn were recorded by the researcher in the breastfeeding, swaddling and holding, skin-to skin-contact groups, 2 minutes before the heel lance, 10 seconds during the heel lance, and 2 minutes after the heel lance was completed. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 0, and the highest score is 7. A high scale score indicates a high level of pain in the newborn. The scoring of Neonatal Infant Pain Scale ranges from 0-7 points and 0-2 points indicate no pain, 3-4 points indicate moderate pain, \>4 points indicate high levels of pain.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 month
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