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The Effect of Massage on Preterm Babies

NCT06799572 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-01-29

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Summary

This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study with pre-test post-test design in order to examine the effect of massage on pain, comfort and nutritional status in infants undergoing NCPAP in the NICU, considering that massage may be effective in reducing the effectiveness of treatment and complications that may develop due to NCPAP by reducing stress in newborns undergoing NCPAP.In this research, answers to the following questions will be sought; Massage has an effect on pain in preterm infants receiving NCPAP therapy; H1: has an effect on pain. H2: has an effect on comfort. H3: has an effect on feeding intolerance (vomiting, abdominal distension, stool output...)

Conditions

  • PreTerm Neonate
  • nCPAP
  • Massage

Interventions

OTHER

massage

Hands will be washed with hand soap and rubbed with disinfectant before the procedure. * The head of the bed is raised by 30°-45° in the incubator. * The baby is placed face down. * Vaseline is applied to the hands. * The 15 minute session will consist of three 5 minute phases. Phase 1 will be tactile stimulation phase, Phase 2 will be kinesthetic stimulation and Phase 3 will be I Love You technique. * In the tactile stimulation phase, the infant is turned to the prone position and a stroking motion (12 strokes in approximately 5 seconds) will be applied with moderate pressure in 1-minute intervals, from the top of the head to the neck and back to the top of the head, from the neck to the shoulder, from the neck to the shoulder, from the upper back to the waist and back to the upper back, from the thigh to the foot and both legs, from the shoulder to the hand and from both arms to the shoulder. * In the kinesthetic stimulation phase, the infant is placed in the supine position and eac

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Özlem BOZBUĞA

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • EMİNE ERDEM · TC Erciyes University

  • OZNUR BASDAS · TC Erciyes University

  • SELVİ GULAŞI · Adana City Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
32 Weeks
Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-30
Primary Completion
2025-03-15
Completion
2025-06-15

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