The effect of nurse's touch on the reducing of pain due to venipuncture

The comparison of mothers’ and nurses’ touch effect on the severity of pain and physiological responses of neonates during venipuncture

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20101108005134N16

Enrollment

Registered

2024-07-25

Start date

2024-08-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-08-26

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Conditions

Venipuncture related pain.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: Touching the venipuncture location by nurse's hand for one minute. Intervention 2: Intervention group 2: Touching the venipuncture location by mother's hand for o

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

1 Days to 30 Days

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age from birth to 28 days Complete gestational age of newborn (being term) Newborn's parent consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Lack of consciousness of the newborn High risk newborns Addiction of newborn's mother Diabetic mother's newborn

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain intensity. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, during and 3 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale.;Heart rate. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, during and 3 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Pulse oximeter.;Respiration rate. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, during and 3 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Clinical assessment (counting respiration number in one minute).;Oxygen saturation percent. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, during and 3 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Pulse oximeter.	—

Measure

Time frame

Pain intensity. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, during and 3 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale.;Heart rate. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, during and 3 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Pulse oximeter.;Respiration rate. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, during and 3 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Clinical assessment (counting respiration number in one minute).;Oxygen saturation percent. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, during and 3 minutes after end of intervention. Method of measurement: Pulse oximeter.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAli Fakhr-Movahedi

Semnan University of Medical Sciences

Alimovi49@semums.ac.ir009833654192

Outcome results

None listed

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