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Effectiveness of local heat on newborns' pain

Effect of local heat on the pain severity due to urine bag removal in the preterm newborns

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20101108005134N15
Enrollment
60
Registered
2023-07-11
Start date
2023-07-16
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-07-25

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Conditions

Premature newborn. Preterm [premature] newborn [other]

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Applying local heat using a heating pad with dimensions of 16 x 8 and a temperature of 34 to 37 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes on the pubic area. The heating pad has

Sponsors

Semnan University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: APGAR score higher than 7 Birth weight between 2200 to 2800 gr Newborn's parent consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Lack of consciousness of the baby Congenital anomalies in newborn Addiction of newborn's mother Diabetics' mothers newborn

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain intensity. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, and 5 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Heart rate. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, and 5 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Pulse oximeter.;O2 saturation percent. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, and 5 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Pulse oximeter.;Body temperature. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, and 5 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Digital temperature.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAli Fakhr-Movahedi

Semnan University of Medical Sciences

alimovi49@sem-ums.ac.ir+98 23 3365 4192

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026