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Effect of Tactile and Kinesthetic Stimulation on Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants

NCT00128141 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2008-02-05

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Summary

Two groups of preterm infants with birth weight equal to or less than 1500 grams will be studied. One group will receive the standard care and the other will receive standard care plus maternal special tactile stimulation. Gain of weight, length and head circumference, date of the beginning of enteral feedings, length of time to recover birth weight and age of hospital discharge will be recorded and compared between both groups.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tactile stimulus

four times a day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Bioethics Commission of Brazil

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Renato S Procianoy, MD · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul-Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Hour
Max Age
3 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-08-31
Primary Completion
2005-11-30
Completion
2005-11-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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