Measuring discomfort in extremely premature babies in Dutch neonatal care

Assessing the discriminatory power of the COMFORTneo scale in extremely preterm infants

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN13057326

Enrollment

200

Registered

2026-02-06

Start date

2025-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-02-16

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Conditions

Discomfort, pain and stress assessment in extremely preterm infants Neonatal Diseases

Interventions

This is a prospective multicenter observational longitudinal study. No interventions are assigned by the researchers. Discomfort and stress are assessed as part of standard neonatal intensive care usi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 Days to 5 Days

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Infants born at <26 weeks gestational age 2. Admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) 3. Parental informed consent obtained

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Continuous sedative medication 2. Infants for whom parental informed consent is not obtained

Countries

Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactHendrik Koning

e.koning@umcg.nl+31 (0)50 361 61 61

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 19, 2026