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Maternal Heartbeat Sounds and Therapeutic Touch on Heart Rate,Comfort and Behavior in Newborns

NCT06724328 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-06-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled study aims to evaluate the effects of maternal heartbeat sounds and gentle human touch (GHT), a form of therapeutic touch, on heart rate, comfort, and behavioral scores in neonates born between 32 and 40 weeks and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Conditions

  • Comfort
  • Behavior
  • Heart Rate

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Gentle Human Touch

the trained NICU nurse will place one hand's fingertips on the baby's forehead along the brow line, while the other hand will be placed around the baby's lower abdomen

BEHAVIORAL

Maternal Heartbeat and Gentle Human Touch

maternal heartbeat will be played and GHT steps will be applied simultaneously at the designated times

BEHAVIORAL

Maternal Heartbeat

The recording of the mother's heartbeat will be done when the mother's mood is stable and the environment is quiet. A Doppler fetal heart monitor will be used to detect the mother's heartbeat. After ensuring a regular and stable heart rate, the mother's heartbeat will be recorded for 15 minutes using a recording device

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dokuz Eylul University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
32 Weeks
Max Age
40 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-30
Primary Completion
2023-09-03
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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