NCT06436391

The Effectiveness of Two Different Methods in Heel Blood Collection

Effect of Kinesio Tape and ShotBlocker on Pain, Comfort and Crying Duration in Heel Blood Collection in Infants: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nigde Omer Halisdemir University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 38 Weeks – 41 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of 2 non-pharmacological methods that will reduce the traumatizing effect of routine heel pricking in infant babies within the scope of the metabolic endocrine screening program. One of the interventions to be used in the study is kinesio taping, a type of taping that does not contain any medication. Another intervention is Shotblocker, which does not belong to any drug or device group.

Detailed description

Studies on pain indicate that severe pain experienced in the early period of life causes a weakening of the cognitive functions of the infant, especially by shrinking the thalamic volume. Pain management in the neonatal period aims to help the infant cope with pain by relieving it. For effective pain management, it is very important to diagnose and evaluate the baby's response to pain early and accurately within a multidisciplinary team approach, and to select appropriate interventions to alleviate the pain experience. It is stated that nonpharmacological methods in relieving procedural pain strengthen the baby's natural regulation and coping mechanisms when faced with painful intervention and reduce pain and stress. For this reason, this study aimed to determine the effect of kinesiology taping and ShotBlocker applied to the heel during heel blood collection in infant babies on pain, comfort and crying time.

Conditions

• Infant Behavior
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kinesio taping	Kinesio taping will be applied to the lateral part of the baby's heel to increase blood flow. Blood collection will always be performed by the same nurse
OTHER	ShotBlocker	Shotblocker will be applied to the baby's heel average 10-15 seconds with minimal pressure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-10
• Primary completion: 2024-08-31
• Completion: 2024-09-20
• First posted: 2024-05-31
• Last updated: 2024-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)