NCT05672303

Pain During Vaccine Administration

The Effect of Grasp Reflex Stimulation on Pain During Vaccine Administration

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 59 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ataturk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 28 Weeks – 36 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Many painful interventions that cause pain and stress are applied to preterm babies in the neonatal intensive care unit for diagnosis and treatment. In neonatal care and reduction of acute interventional pain; Non-pharmacological methods including behavioral, psychological and environmental regulations should be used. In the hepatitis B vaccine administered to preterm babies, stimulating the grasping reflex can make the preterm baby feel safe and calm. In the literature, there are many studies aimed at reducing pain in preterm newborns. However, no study has been found on the effect of grasping reflex stimulation on pain and crying in hepatitis B vaccine administration to preterm infants. This study was planned to examine the effect of grasping reflex on pain and crying duration in preterm infants with hepatitis B vaccine.

Conditions

• Infant, Newborn, Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Palmar grasp reflex	The reflex can be stimulated by moving an object distally across the palm. In the study, at the beginning of the vaccine administration, the right hand of the infant will be moved distally along the palm with the researcher's index finger, thus providing reflex stimulation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-01
• Primary completion: 2023-03-30
• Completion: 2023-04-01
• First posted: 2023-01-05
• Last updated: 2024-05-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)