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White Noise and Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Comfort Level in Newborns During Heel Lance

NCT05524337 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2025-03-17

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Summary

This randomized controlled study was planned to evaluate the effects of listening to white noise and therapeutic touch on physiological parameters, pain and comfort level during the heel blood collection procedure on infants who gave birth at 32 weeks and above and were given to their mothers in Atatürk Training and Research Hospital.

Conditions

  • Pain, Acute
  • Newborn

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

white noise

Dr. Harvery Karp's song "The Happiest Baby", consisting of intrauterine sounds only, will be used for white noise. The sound will be set to 45 db.

BEHAVIORAL

therapeutic touch

In the group where therapeutic touch will be applied, the heel blood collection procedure and the study will be explained to the family, and after the consent is obtained, the therapeutic touch will be applied to the baby 5 minutes before, during and after the procedure.

BEHAVIORAL

white noise and therapeutic touch

the group where therapeutic touch and white noise will be applied together, after the family is informed about the procedure, white noise will be listened to 5 minutes before, during and 5 minutes after the heel blood collection, and therapeutic touch steps will be applied during this time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dokuz Eylul University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gülçin Özalp Gerçeker · RN, PhD, Assoc. Prof.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
1 Month
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-01
Primary Completion
2023-07-22
Completion
2023-07-22

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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