This is a Randomized Control Trial intended to investigate the effect of two non-pharmacological interventions on procedural pain among neonates.
The Study Design is a Randomized Control Trial, intended to investigate the effect of facilitated tucking and gentle human touch on procedural pain among neonates (age 28 days). Neonatal Infant Pain Scale will be used for pain scoring, data will be collected by recording demographic variables for all neonates and then capturing a video recording for pain scoring by an independent research assistant.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
159
Facilitated Tucking is a position to be adopted for pain relief in neonates.
while gentle human touch is caressing on head for pain relief.
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
Islamabad, Pakistan
RECRUITINGShifa Tameer E Millat University
Islamabad, Pakistan
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNeonatal Infant Pain Scale
scoring of pain based on a scale used in neonates both for term and pre term babies.( Minimum Pain Score 0, Maximum 7, Higher number indicates the worse outcome
Time frame: Before,During Arterial Prick and after three minutes
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