NCT05978674

The Effect of Rocking Bed on Preterm Newborns

The Effect of Rocking Bed on Comfort, Physiological Parameters and Cerebral Oxygenation Level of Preterm Infants: a Near Infrared Spectroscopy Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Selcuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 32 Weeks – 37 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study was planned to determine the effect of rocking bed applied to preterm newborns on comfort, physiological parameters and cerebral oxygenase level (rSO2).

Detailed description

In most cultures, providing a newborn baby on the lap or in a rocking bed is mostly used to calm the baby. However, preterm babies who leave the uterus, which is their accustomed environment, in the early period, are positioned on a fixed bed such as an incubator or jeans in the NICU. These beds may reduce the infant's vestibular knowledge and the NICU environment may deprive infants of sensory stimuli. It has been suggested that because the vestibular system is one of the first systems to become functional, preterm infants may be more sensitive to stimulation of the vestibular system than other systems. When the studies were examined, it was seen that limited studies were conducted in the sample of preterm infants and the studies were not recent. Considering that babies are rocked in most cultures, it is thought that the evidence for the effects of the intervention on the baby is insufficient.

Conditions

• Preterm
• Preterm Birth
• Nurse's Role

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	rocking bed group	Babies assigned to the intervention group first will be placed on a rocking bed after routine care such as feeding and diaper changes and when the newborn is stable. A rocking attempt will be applied to the baby placed in the rocking bed for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the baby will not be lifted from the bed and will lie in bed for 90 minutes. After a period of two hours in total, the babies will be cared for and fed. Then, babies will be quota and control group measurements will be made.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-15
• Primary completion: 2022-09-15
• Completion: 2022-09-15
• First posted: 2023-08-07
• Last updated: 2023-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)