NCT05448508

The Effects of Manual and Automatic Lancets on Pain and Stress in Newborn Capillary Heel Blood Collection

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ataturk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 0 Days – 1 Day
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Heel blood sampling is a routine but painful procedure for newborns. A limited number of international studies have shown that automatic lancets are more effective with less pain and tissue damage than manual lancets. In line with this information, this study was planned to investigate the effects of manual and automatic lancets on pain and stress in newborn capillary heel blood collection.

Conditions

• Newborn
• Pain
• Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Automatic lancet	An automatic lancet, which can reach a depth of 2.4 mm-3 mm, was used for safe piercing in babies.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-01
• Primary completion: 2022-05-30
• Completion: 2022-07-01
• First posted: 2022-07-07
• Last updated: 2022-07-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)