Infant, Newborn
Conditions
Interventions
This is a randomized, parallel and open clinical study. Experimental group: 27 newborns who will receive non-nutritive sucking as a pain management method during heel puncture to check capillary gluco
Sponsors
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Escola de Enfermagem da Uiversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Eligibility
Age
8 Hours to 12 Hours
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Full-term newborns (gestational age = 37 weeks according to the Capurro Method); who have stable vital signs; who have a medical prescription for glycemic control; who do not have pain, according to the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale, before heel puncture; who complete the 8th or 12th hour of life between 6 am and 10 pm
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Newborns with congenital malformation; who undergo observation or need to be admitted to the Neonatology Unit; who have received pharmacological analgesia; whose heel puncture technique was not in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure for Capillary Glycemia Verification
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is the reduction of pain in full-term newborns submitted to non-nutritive sucking during calcaneal puncture for glycemic control. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Relate the birth characteristics of newborns with the indication of glycemic control in the control group and in the intervention group | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMarianna Moraes
Financiamento próprio
Outcome results
None listed