Stress, Cortisol
Conditions
Keywords
Massage, Premature, Stress
Brief summary
The practices of the neonatal intensive care unit that reduce the stress of premature babies and respond to behavioral cues have a positive effect on the development of newborns. The stress experienced by premature infants affects the baby's behavior and laboratory findings. Massage is an effective application in facilitating the adaptation of premature babies to extrauterine life and ensuring that they are least affected by adverse environmental conditions. Massage in premature babies has an important place in reducing stress and supporting psychological, mental and physiological development as a healthy tactile stimulus.
Detailed description
This study was planned to examine the effects of massage on stress behaviors and salivary cortisol levels in premature infants. The research was planned on a randomized controlled experimental. In the research, the group to which massage will be procedure is the experimental group, and the group to which the swaddling procedure will be the control group will form.
Interventions
OTHERMassage
The babies in the massage group were given a massage once a day.
OTHERSwaddling
Control group
Sponsors
Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
Ege University
Izmir Katip Celebi University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Weeks to 37 Weeks
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Families being voluntary to participate in the study * Babies being born between 30 and 36 weeks plus 6 days of gestation * Postnatal 3-5. premature babies between days * Not taking analgesics or sedatives * Absence of congenital anomaly * Absence of skin disease * The premature babies passing to oral feeding * Not having a proven sepsis diagnosis * No need for mechanical ventilator support
Exclusion criteria
* Having a congenital anomaly * Presence of skin disease * Having intracranial bleeding * Having sepsis * Receiving phototherapy * Taking analgesic / sedative type drugs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Salivary cortisol levels | 5 minutes before massage |
| Newborn Stress Scale | After the massage |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Baby's heart rate | A minutes before massage |
| Baby's respiratory rate | A minutes before massage |
| Baby's oxygen saturation | A minutes before massage |
| Baby's body temperature | A minutes before massage |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed