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The Effect of Safe Swaddling After Bathing on Stress and Comfort in Newborns

NCT06171997 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2026-01-28

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Summary

The research will be conducted experimentally in the form of randomized controlled studies to determine the effect of safe swaddling of newborns after bathing on stress and comfort. The population of the research consists of newborns receiving treatment and care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a State Hospital located in the north of Turkey, and the sample consists of 72 babies who meet the sample selection criteria. Descriptive Characteristics Form, Newborn Stress Scale and Newborn Comfort Behavior Scale were used to collect data. Babies will be bathed in the bathtub and then swaddled. The baby will be placed in the incubator and kept for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, the swaddle will be opened quietly and slowly, without disturbing the body posture. Stress and comfort scores will be given by two observers by video recording the babies before bathing, before swaddling and after swaddling.

Conditions

  • Stress
  • Comfort

Interventions

OTHER

Swaddling after bath group

The babies were bathed in the bathtub. Then swaddling was done. The baby was taken into the incubator and waited for 15 minutes. At the end of 15 minutes, the swaddle was opened quietly and slowly, without disturbing the body posture. Stress and comfort scores were given by two observers by video recording the babies before bathing, before swaddling and after swaddling. Newborns' stress will be assessed with the Newborn Stress Scale and their comfort with the Newborn Comfort Behavior Scale.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Funda Kardas Ozdemir

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kübra Sevgi, RN · Kafkas University

  • Funda Kardaş Özdemir, PhD · Kafkas University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
28 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-15
Primary Completion
2023-12-15
Completion
2024-02-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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