This study aimed to determine the effects of foot reflexology and acupressure on the KI3 and St36 points on pain during interventions when these procedures were administered before heel lancing in term newborns.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
105
Acupressure on the KI3 and St36 points applied to the babies in the acupressure group for a total of 7 minutes before the heel prick
Foot reflexology was applied to the babies in the foot reflexology group for a total of 7 minutes before the heel prick
No pre-application was made to the babies in the control group as a routine procedure.
Afyonkarahisar Public Hospital
Afyonkarahisar, Turkey (Türkiye)
Pain levels of the newborns
The N-PASS was developed by Hummel et al. in 2003 to be used in all full-term and preterm neonates. The scale was revised by Hummel on October 2, 2009 and adapted to Turkish by Açıkgöz et al. in 2011 The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.779 for preintervention and 0.917 for postintervention (Açıkgöz et al., 2017). The N-PASS consists of five sub-dimensions: crying and irritability, behavior-state, facial expression, extremities tone, and vital signs. The sub-dimension of vital signs was evaluated according to infants' heart rates and oxygen saturation values. The total pain score that can be obtained from the scale ranges between 0 and +10. A higher score indicates that the severity of pain is high. The goal of pain therapy is to keep the score at or below 3 (Hummel et al., 2008; Hummel et al., 2010).
Time frame: Before the pain procedure, during the pain procedure (the pain levels of the infants when the needle pricked the heel were evaluated using the N-PASS) and After the pain procedure. (Having completed the 24th hour of the postnatal period)
Changes in oxygen saturation
Recorded the changes in oxygen saturation (SpO2) of newborns (Having completed the 24th hour of the postnatal period) before (A pulse oximeter was attached to the infants two minutes before the procedure), during and after pain procedure
Time frame: 2 Minutes
Changes in heart rates
Recorded the changes in Heart rate of newborns (Having completed the 24th hour of the postnatal period) before (A pulse oximeter was attached to the infants two minutes before the procedure), during and after pain procedure
Time frame: 2 Minutes
Percentage of crying during heel prick in healthy term neonates
Percentage of crying in 3 groups were applied during heel prick and immediately after intervention. Results are shown as mean.
Time frame: During heel prick and immediately after intervention
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