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Non-Nutritive Sucking and Swaddling for Pain Relief in Term Neonates: Randomised Controlled Trial

NCT00547807 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2009-02-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Non pharmacological approaches are important in pain control in neonates, specially in term healthy neonates. Non-nutritive sucking and swaddling are considered effective strategies for pain control in these population, but the effect in their association are not clear until now. The hypothesis of the study is that association between non-nutritive sucking and swaddling reduces pain scores resulting from venepuncture compared to non-nutritive sucking alone.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Non-nutritive sucking

Non-nutritive sucking is applied by using a gloved finger

OTHER

Swaddling

Swaddling is an age-old practice of wrapping infants snugly in swaddling cloths, blankets or similar cloth so that movement of the limbs is tightly restricted

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sociedade Hospital Samaritano

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mariana Bueno, MSN · Sociedade Hospital Samaritano

  • Edna A Bussotti, RN · Sociedade Hospital Samaritano

  • Andréia Silva, RN · Sociedade Hospital Samaritano

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Days
Max Age
5 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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