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The Effect of Spa and Massage on Babies on Colic Symptoms

NCT05538936 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2025-12-18

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Summary

Although various complementary health approaches have been examined to alleviate colic symptoms, there seems to be a limited number of studies on SPA and massage applications. For this reason, the study was planned to determine the effectiveness of nurses' baby SPA and massage practices in reducing colic symptoms in babies.

Conditions

  • Infantile Colic
  • Infantile Spasm

Interventions

OTHER

Baby SPA

"Salus Per Aquam", "Sanitas Per Aquam", "Salut Per Aqua" or "Solus Per Aqua" (SPA) means health that comes with water. Baby SPA is a physiotherapy method that stimulates the baby's motor movements through water (hydrotherapy) and performs it in an integrated way to balance the body, mind, and emotions. Baby SPA is applied in specially designed bathtubs. The size of the tub is designed in such a way that children can move their hands and feet freely and not be narrow. A neck ring/ring is used to keep the baby on the water surface during SPA treatment.

OTHER

Massage

The best way to communicate with a baby is to touch it. When babies are born, unlike their other senses, the most developed one is the sense of touch. Because this process begins while in the womb. The baby communicates by touch and begins to recognize his environment. The sense of touch is a priority for the development of all senses. They need to perceive their environment, especially in newborns and infancy periods. Touching the body in a systematic way for a therapeutic purpose is called "Massage". Massage is soft touches to body tissues to relax muscles, accelerate circulation, reduce infantile colic symptoms and pain, regulate sleep, and increase its duration. Baby massage has many benefits such as reducing colic symptoms, increasing weight gain, providing motor development and coordination, strengthening the parent and baby bond, supporting growth and development, and reducing stress.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Yuzuncu Yil University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rıdvan Akdoğan, PhD · Yuzuncu Yil University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Days
Max Age
4 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-01
Primary Completion
2023-01-30
Completion
2023-12-11

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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