NCT06350084

Effect of Mother's Touch and Nurse's Therapeutic Touch on Pain Level and Crying Time During Heel Blood Collection

The Effect of Mother's Touch and Nurse's Therapeutic Touch on Pain Level and Crying Time During Heel Blood Collection in Newborns: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Days – 4 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This prospective study is planned as a randomized controlled study with the purpose of determining the effect of Mother's Touch and Nurse's Therapeutic Touch on pain levels and crying times by newborns during heel blood collection.

Detailed description

Among the non-pharmacological methods frequently used to reduce the effects of invasive interventions on the newborn; Practices such as reducing environmental stimuli, individualized developmental care, music therapy, breast milk, pacifier giving, sucrose, non-nutritive sucking, oral sucrose, kangaroo care, facilitated tucking position, and sweet solutions, massage and touching, positioning, nesting, kangaroo care, fetal positioning are included. This study is a prospective, randomized and controlled trial. In this study aim, the effect of Mother's Touch and Nurse's Therapeutic Touch applied during heel blood collection on the pain levels and crying times in newborns will be examined. Sample of the study consisted of a total of 120 newborns who met the sample selection criteria and were selected via randomization method. Newborns were divided into three groups; Mother's Touch group, Nurse's Therapeutic Touch group, and Control group. Data were collected using the Infant-family Information Form, NIPS-Neonatal Infant Pain Scale, and Crying Follow-up Form.

Conditions

• Pain, Acute
• Newborn
• Crying

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mother's Touch	Heel blood will be taken while the infant was Mother's Touch. Mother's touch will be applied to the infants before, during and after the procedure.
BEHAVIORAL	Nurse's Therapeutic Touch	Heel blood will be taken while the infant was Nurse's Therapeutic Touch.Therapeutic Touch will be applied to the infants before, during and after the procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-04
• Primary completion: 2024-12-15
• Completion: 2025-02-10
• First posted: 2024-04-05
• Last updated: 2025-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)