NCT07479589

The Effect of Facilitated Tucking Positions

The Effect of Facilitated Tucking Positions on Pain, Comfort, Peak Heart Rate, and Oxygen Saturation of Newborns During Heel Stick Sampling

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 28 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aim to evaluate the impact of supine, lateral, and prone positions on the pain, comfort, peak heart rate, and oxygen saturation of newborns during heel stick sampling.

Detailed description

This study employed a randomized experimental parallel design to evaluate the impact of supine, lateral, and prone positions on the pain, comfort, peak heart rate, and oxygen saturation of newborns during heel stick sampling. The study was conducted with 120 newborns between 10 October and 10 December 2023 at the Infant Monitoring Unit of Karaman Training and Research Hospital. Data were collected using the "Newborn Introduction Form, the Physiological Measurement Form, the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale, and the Newborn Comfort Behavior Scale." Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, ANOVA, the chi-square test, Cohen Kappa Analysis, and Spearman Correlation analysis for repeated measures. The study found that newborns in the prone position exhibited higher peak heart rates and lower oxygen saturation levels during and after heel pricks compared to other positions (p\<0.05). The lateral, supine, and prone positions effectively reduced pain and distress and increased comfort. The lateral fetal position was particularly effective in significantly reducing pain and distress compared to the prone position (p\<0.05). However, the mean comfort score was highest in the prone position and lowest in the lateral position (p\<0.05). In conclusion, the study showed that the lateral fetal position had significant effects on peak heart rate, oxygen saturation, pain, distress, and comfort values.

Conditions

• Pain
• Nursing Caries
• Newborn; Vitality

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Prone Facilitated Tucking Position	Prone Facilitated Tucking Position
OTHER	Lateral Facilitated Tucking Position group	Lateral Facilitated Tucking Position group
OTHER	Supine Facilitated Tucking Position group	Supine Facilitated Tucking Position group

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-10
• Primary completion: 2023-10-10
• Completion: 2023-12-10
• First posted: 2026-03-18
• Last updated: 2026-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)