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Effect of acupressure on pain of preterm infants

Comparison of the effect of Hugo acupressure point massage with kunlun (BL60) -Taixi (k3) points on intramuscular injection of preterm infants

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20210630051743N1
Enrollment
75
Registered
2021-12-23
Start date
2021-07-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-01-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pain, prematurity. Newborn health examination

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Hegu point massage, for one minute, fefore, during and after the intervention. Intervention 2: Intervention group: Kunlun (BL60)_ Taixi (K3) points massage, for on

Sponsors

Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
1 Days to 1 Months

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Gestational age of infants be 32_36 weeks. The infants weighs more than 1500 grams. 24 hours have passed since their birth (to establish the general condition of the baby). Apgar score in the first and fifth minutes after birth be higher than 7. Parents have full consent for the baby to enter the study. Clinical and physiological status of cardiorespiratory neonates (heart rate between 100 to 160 beats per minute and spo2 higher or equal to 90%) and neonatal body temperature should be 36.2-37 ° C. The infants have healthy skin without skin lesions on the hands under Hegu point massage and feet under BL60 and K3 point massage. The infants should be awake and calm.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The mother has used narcotic during pregnancy. There be any acute or chronic pain before injection. The infants have congenital (cardiac, gastrointestinal) and chromosomal abnormalities. The infants have neurological, metabolic, hypoglycemic, and febrile disorders. The infants have be seizure symptoms. The infants be fed within half an hour before the intramuscular injection. Any problems with vitamin K injections (repeated injections, inappropriate site selection, injection angle, injection depth, wrong choice of drug type or volume of drug) should be detected immediately or after video control. 37 weeks of pregnancy of the infants is complete after birth.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain score. Timepoint: before, during and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Alps scale.;Sphysiological responses. Timepoint: before, during and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Monitoring.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAtefeh Jadidi

Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences

Jadidia65@gmail.com+98 66 3320 2753

Outcome results

None listed

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