NCT06535061

The Effect of White Noise and Pacifier Applications on Pain and Crying Time

The Effect of White Noise and Pacifier Applications on Pain and Crying Time in Newborns in the Postoperative Period

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sanko University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 0 Days – 30 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of the study was to determine the effect of white noise and pacifier applications on pain and crying time in newborns during painful interventions. The research was planned experimentally. Pacifier application was applied to the newborns, who had undergone surgery, and they formed the control group. White noise and pacifier applications were applied to the newborns, who had undergone surgery, and they formed the experimental group.

Detailed description

Data from children's hospitals around the world reveal that pain in pediatric patients from infancy to adolescence is common, under-recognized and undertreated. Compared to adult patients, pediatric patients with the same diagnosis receive fewer doses of analgesics, and the younger children are, the less likely they are to receive adequate analgesia in the medical setting. A particularly vulnerable group of patients are infants and newborns. During the day, newborns most frequently experience painful interventions such as heel prick blood collection and peripheral venous catheter placement in the neonatal intensive care unit. Within the scope of the research, no research comparing the effectiveness of white noise and pacifier applications was found in the literature review. By examining this information, the effects of two effective methods on pain management and crying time in newborns in the postoperative period were examined in this study.

Conditions

• Newborn

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	white noise	The experimental group was exposed to a white noise sound combined from 4 different sounds: ultrasound heartbeat sound, wave sound, vacuum cleaner sound and hair removal machine sound at 50 dBSPL 5 minutes before the procedure. The experimental group was exposed to white noise for a total of 15 minutes before, during and after the procedure. At the same time, the newborn in the experimental group I was given a pacifier.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-01
• Primary completion: 2022-09-15
• Completion: 2022-09-15
• First posted: 2024-08-02
• Last updated: 2024-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)