Non-Nutritive Sucking and Swaddling for Pain Relief in Term Neonates: Randomised Controlled Trial

Non-Nutritive Sucking and Swaddling for Pain Relief in Term Neonates: a Randomised Controlled Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00547807

Enrollment

Registered

2007-10-23

Start date

2007-01-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2009-02-26

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

Conditions

Pain

Keywords

Pain, neonate, nursing care

Brief summary

Non pharmacological approaches are important in pain control in neonates, specially in term healthy neonates. Non-nutritive sucking and swaddling are considered effective strategies for pain control in these population, but the effect in their association are not clear until now. The hypothesis of the study is that association between non-nutritive sucking and swaddling reduces pain scores resulting from venepuncture compared to non-nutritive sucking alone.

Interventions

OTHERNon-nutritive sucking

Non-nutritive sucking is applied by using a gloved finger

OTHERSwaddling

Swaddling is an age-old practice of wrapping infants snugly in swaddling cloths, blankets or similar cloth so that movement of the limbs is tightly restricted

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

2 Days to 5 Days

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Term healthy neonates

Exclusion criteria

* NICU admission

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
pain score	pre painfull procedure

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Primary ContactEliseth R Leão, PhD

eliseth.leao@samaritano.org.br55 11 38215891

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026