The practices of the neonatal intensive care unit that reduce the stress of premature babies and respond to behavioral cues have a positive effect on the development of newborns. The stress experienced by premature infants affects the baby's behavior and laboratory findings. Massage is an effective application in facilitating the adaptation of premature babies to extrauterine life and ensuring that they are least affected by adverse environmental conditions. Massage in premature babies has an important place in reducing stress and supporting psychological, mental and physiological development as a healthy tactile stimulus.
This study was planned to examine the effects of massage on stress behaviors and salivary cortisol levels in premature infants. The research was planned on a randomized controlled experimental. In the research, the group to which massage will be procedure is the experimental group, and the group to which the swaddling procedure will be the control group will form.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
Izmir, Turkey (Türkiye)
Salivary cortisol levels
Time frame: 5 minutes before massage
Salivary cortisol levels
Time frame: 5 minutes before swaddling
Salivary cortisol levels
Time frame: 30 minutes after massage
Salivary cortisol levels
Time frame: 30 minutes after swaddling
"Newborn Stress Scale"
Time frame: After the massage
"Newborn Stress Scale"
Time frame: After the swaddling
Baby's heart rate
Time frame: A minutes before massage
Baby's respiratory rate
Time frame: A minutes before massage
Baby's oxygen saturation
Time frame: A minutes before massage
Baby's body temperature
Time frame: A minutes before massage
Baby's heart rate
Time frame: 5th minute of the massage
Baby's respiratory rate
Time frame: 5th minute of the massage
Baby's oxygen saturation
Time frame: 5th minute of the massage
Baby's body temperature
Time frame: 5th minute of the massage
Baby's heart rate
Time frame: A minutes after massage
Baby's respiratory rate
Time frame: A minutes after massage
Baby's oxygen saturation
Time frame: A minutes after massage
Baby's body temperature
Time frame: A minutes after massage
Baby's heart rate
Time frame: A minutes before swaddling
Baby's respiratory rate
Time frame: A minutes before swaddling
Baby's oxygen saturation
Time frame: A minutes before swaddling
Baby's body temperature
Time frame: A minutes before swaddling
Baby's heart rate
Time frame: In the fifth minute of the swaddling
Baby's respiratory rate
Time frame: 5th minute of the swaddling
Baby's oxygen saturation
Time frame: 5th minute of the swaddling
Baby's body temperature
Time frame: 5th minute of the swaddling
Baby's heart rate
Time frame: A minutes after swaddling
Baby's respiratory rate
Time frame: A minutes after swaddling
Baby's oxygen saturation
Time frame: A minutes after swaddling
Baby's body temperature
Time frame: A minutes after swaddling
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