The impact of mother’s gentle touch on the severity of pain experienced by premature infants

Investigating the impact of mother’s gentle touch on the severity of pain caused by heel-prick blood sampling in premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2014091510505N2

Enrollment

Registered

2017-09-28

Start date

2017-05-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Condition 1: Heel pain during blood sampling. Condition 2: preterm infants. Pain in limb Other preterm infants

Interventions

Intervention 1: The intervention group: In this group, each mother placed one hand’s fingertips over the eyeliner for 15 minutes and touched the premature baby’s forehead with her palm

while the other hand supported baby’s back and hips touched the lower abdomen. Intervention 2: The control group: In this group, newborns received only the routine care and no other intervention was a

Prevention

The intervention group: In this group, each mother placed one hand’s fingertips over the eyeliner for 15 minutes and touched the premature baby’s forehead with her palm

while the other hand supported baby’s back and hips touched the lower abdomen.

The control group: In this group, newborns received only the routine care and no other intervention was administrated.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

1 Days to 1 Months

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria: gestational age of 34-37 weeks; the fifth minute Apgar score of above six; hemodynamically stable condition; feeding half an hour before the intervention; receiving no sedative within the last 48 hours; availability and no history of addiction in mothers. The exclusion criteria: failed heel blood sampling in the first turn; increased baby's heart rate to above 180 beats per minute or decreased heart rate to below 100 beats per minute during the intervention; increased baby's respiratory rate to above 60 beats per minute or decreased respiratory rate to below 30 beats per minute during the intervention; decreased arterial O2 saturation to below 88%, during the intervention.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain in infants. Timepoint: Before, During and 5 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS).	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactNasrin Mahmoodi

Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

Mahmoodi.088@gmail.com+98 54 3341 1515

Outcome results

None listed

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