Premature infant. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: Premature infants with gestational age of 28 to less than 37 weeks; Birth weight of more than 1 kilograms and less than 2.5 kilograms; Infants that are at least 3 days old; Infants that are kept in incubator, have physiological stability and no congenital anomalies and their inclusion in the study is confirmed by the shift attending; Infants that are not under the effect of any kind of ventilation such as nasal cannula, positive pressure ventilation through nasal mask or ventilator; Receiving no muscle relaxant drug; Not having surgery; Infants that are merely fed by their mother’s milk. Exclusion Criteria: Startle reflex/ (ABR) hearing test indicate hearing impairment; Definitive diagnosis of the following issues during the intervention:Intraventricular hemorrhage with grade 2 and above; Necrotizing enterocolitis; patent ductus arteriosus; sepsis; acute lung disease; anemia (Hb<10gm / dr); occurrence of seizure and mother’s unwillingness to cooperate; Infants that use pacifier or are fed by things other than mother’s milk; Reports that indicate mother’s known addiction to alcohol, addictive drugs (narcotic drugs) and psychotropic substances;The mother receive hypnotic drugs in the intervention day.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Heart rate. Timepoint: 10 minut before-10 minute during-10 minute after intervention. Method of measurement: Monitor.;Respiratory rate. Timepoint: 10 minut before-10 minute during-10 minute after intervention. Method of measurement: Monitor.;Blood pressure. Timepoint: 10 minut before-10 minute during-10 minute after intervention. Method of measurement: Monitor.;Saturation of pressure of O2. Timepoint: 10 minut before-10 minute during-10 minute after intervention. Method of measurement: Monitor. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Babol University of Medical Sciences