Supportive care for premature infants.
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Vital signs should be stable within 24 hours after birth. The gestational age is between 27-37 weeks. Apgar scores above seven at 1 and 5 minutes after birth. Have normal hearing. Babies stay in the NICU for more than 14 days.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Loss of consciousness Serious symptoms such as intracranial bleeding, severe asphyxia, severe infection, mechanical ventilation, Necrotizing Entrocolisis(NEC), or serious heart disease Hearing impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physiological symptoms of preterm infants. Timepoint: Before the intervention, during the intervention (minutes 10 and 20), after the intervention. Method of measurement: Vital symptom monitoring monitor.;Sleep. Timepoint: 1 minute before, during (minutes 10 and 20) and 5 minutes after the intervention. Method of measurement: Anderson Behavioral Scale. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Weight. Timepoint: Birthday, Day 7 and Day 14. Method of measurement: Scales. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Babol University of Medical Sciences