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The Effect of Mother's Smell and Breast Milk Smell on Pain

NCT06323551 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2025-04-15

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Summary

The research was planned as a randomized controlled study to investigate the effect of breast milk smell and mother's smell applied while heel blood was taken to term babies in the Mersin City EAH Neonatal Intensive Care Unit between October and December 2023, on acute pain and crying duration. During the heel prick procedure, which is routinely performed in the neonatal intensive care unit, no pharmacological/non-pharmacological method will be applied to the control group to reduce the baby's pain before, during and after the heel prick. The baby's pain score will be evaluated by the observing nurse according to the NIPS pain scale 5 minutes before, during and 5 minutes after the procedure.

In the study group that will be made to smell the mother's scent; The mother of each baby whose heel blood will be taken will be given a specially made cover made of 100% cotton yarn, sterilized the day before, and the mother will be asked to put the cover on her bare skin (on her bare skin) after the shower and to keep the cover on the mother's chest for one night (8 hours). It will be placed 15 cm away from the baby and smelled 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after the heel prick attempt. The baby's pain score will be evaluated by the observing nurse according to the NIPS pain scale 5 minutes before, during and 5 minutes after the procedure.

Conditions

  • Newborn; Vitality
  • Pain
  • Crying

Interventions

OTHER

Mother's Smell

The mother of each baby whose heel blood will be taken will be given a specially made cover made of 100% cotton yarn, sterilized the day before, and the mother will be asked to put the cover on her bare skin (on her bare skin) after the shower and to keep the cover on the mother's chest for one night (8 hours). one).

OTHER

Mother's Breast Milk Smell

In the study group that will be made to smell the scent of breast milk, the procedures for the scent of the mother will be carried out in the same way, and 20 drops of each baby's own mother's milk will be dropped onto the diaper.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tarsus University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-14
Primary Completion
2024-09-23
Completion
2025-03-24

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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