The effect of environmental and behavioral interventions on physiological and behavioral responses of preterm infants candidate for intravenous catheterization in neonatal intensive care units

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2017011231892N1

Enrollment

Registered

2017-09-24

Start date

2017-02-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Premature infants. 28 completed weeks or more but less than 37 completed weeks (196 completed days but less than 259 completed days) of gestation.

Interventions

Intervention 1: The intervention implemented in the experimental group: “environmental and behavioral interventions such as closing the infants’ eyes to reduce the light using eye pad, closing the inf

Behavior

The intervention implemented in the experimental group: “environmental and behavioral interventions such as closing the infants’ eyes to reduce the light using eye pad, closing the infants’ ears to re

The intervention implemented in the control group: “no environmental and behavioral interventions, except for routine cares, are implemented on the infants in the control group, but all the stages of

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

1 Days to 1 Days

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria; gestational age of 30-37 weeks;admission to neonatal intensive care unit; requiring administration of intravenous fluids and catheter; constant positive airways pressure (N-CPAP); no use of sedatives? anticonvulsants? or anesthetics; no comorbidities such as congenital abnormalities, neurological problems, or cerebral intra-ventricular hemorrhage and seizures and;fully conscious infant; Exclusion criteria; parents withdrawing participation of their infant; failure to insert intravenous catheter in two attempts; critical illness of infant in the process of its disease interfering with interventions; lack of response to N-CPAP .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Physiological responses. Timepoint: 2 minutes before venipuncture, during venipuncture, 5 and 30 minutes after venipuncture. Method of measurement: Pulse monitoring, observation.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Behavioral responses. Timepoint: 2 minutes before venipuncture, during catheter insertion, 5 and 30 minutes after venipuncture. Method of measurement: NIPS scale & EDIN scale.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactShohreh Taheri Karchegani

Martyr Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

sbnmf@sbmu.ac.ir+98 21 8865 5366

Outcome results

None listed

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