NCT05077787

Tactile and Kinaesthetic Stimulation in Neonates With Hyperbilirubinaemia

Tactile and Kinaesthetic Stimulation in Preterm Neonates With Hyperbilirubinaemia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: Asir John Samuel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 24 Hours – 10 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Hyperbilirubinemia is the most common problem seen in neonates, owing to severe complications in their lifetime. The study design of the study is pretest - a posttest experimental design. Criterion-based purposive sampling will be used for recruiting the neonates. In the study neonates will be selected according to the selection criteria and will be allocated into two groups using computer-based randomization.The Intervention group - neonates will receive tactile and kinesthetic stimulation for 15 minutes for 3 consecutive days, 1 hour after feeding twice daily along with Phototherapy, Control group - Phototherapy alone will be given along with conventional NICU care. Total serum bilirubin will be assessed as outcome measures daily once. Transcutaneous bilirubin will be assessed after every intervention.

Conditions

• Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Massage therapy	Massage therapy includes stroking, kneading, rolling, tapping, vibration and effleurage over the face, chest ,abdomen and back. Massage therapy will be given for 5 minutes and will be repeated twice.
OTHER	Kinaesthetic stimulation	Kinaesthetic stimulation includes passive flexion and extension movements of shoulder joint, elbow joint, hip joint, knee joint and both lower limbs together. It will be given for 5 minutes in each intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-01
• Primary completion: 2024-01-11
• Completion: 2024-01-11
• First posted: 2021-10-14
• Last updated: 2024-01-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India