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Infant-parent Skin-to-skin Contact During Screening for Retinopathy

NCT02780544 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2019-01-04

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Summary

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a feared complication of premature birth. If discovered in time, the disease can be treated, and impaired vision or blindness can be reduced. Premature infants are therefore examined regularly after birth. However, the examination is painful and stressful for the infant. Painful experiences might lead to a pathological stress response later in life and should therefore be prevented.

In this study skin-to-skin contact with a parent is tested for relief of pain and stress in preterm infants being examined for retinopathy of prematurity.

Conditions

  • Retinopathy of Prematurity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

skin-to-skin contact

skin-to-skin contact with parent during eye examination.

DEVICE

incubator

staying in incubator during eye examination.

DRUG

Sucrose

oral sucrose before eye examination

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hakon Bergseng, PhD · St. Olavs University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
31 Weeks
Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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