IRCT2015052914251N3.
| Trial name or title | Effect of neonate's massage and kangaroo mother care on neonates' pain |
| Methods | RCT |
| Participants | Inclusion criteria: lack of symptoms of severe disease or congenital abnormality that prevents neonates to exit from incubator; lack of any CNS abnormalities; lack of any obstetric or medical problems in mother; neonates who will be born in 32 to 37 weeks of age based on the age as recorded in the medical record; lack of intubation or connecting to ventilator in neonates; approve of haemodynamic stability and allow to neonates participate in the study and exit from incubator by physician.
Exclusion criteria: existence or occurrence of any kind of medical or obstetric problems for the mother; neonate dies during the study; any situation which does not allow neonates to exit the incubator. Exclusion criteria: Age minimum: 0 Age maximum: 0 Gender: both male and female |
| Interventions | Intervention 1: First intervention group: neonates will place on the mother's chest based on kangaroo mother method for 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after invasive procedures. Intervention 2: Second intervention group: neonates’ leg will be massaged by mother for 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after invasive procedures. Intervention 3: Control group: neonate, whilst connected to pulse oximetry in supine position, will be put in incubator without any touching and changes in position.. |
| Outcomes | Pain. Timepoint: before, during and after invasive procedures. Method of measurement: pain scale and pulse oximetry Heart rate. Timepoint: before, during and after invasive procedures. Method of measurement: pulse oximetry Oxygen saturation . Timepoint: before, during and after invasive procedures. Method of measurement: pulse oximetry |
| Starting date | 1 April 2015 |
| Contact information | Maryam Valimalayeri Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Fahmideh avenue Hamadan, Iran, Islamic Republic Of 00988138330641 valimalayeri@gmail.com Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences |
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