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Effects of positioning the newborn on the hammock in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to improve pain, stress and development.

Effects of Hammock Positioning in the NICU for pain relief and stress and improvement of motor development

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-6xkcrw
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-10-24
Start date
2019-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Other preterm infants

Interventions

Experimental group (Positioning in the hammock): 100 newborn will be placed in supine positioninn in a cotton hammock(as described in Jesus et al., 2018).This intervention will occur for 60 minutes, o
Other

Sponsors

Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Sofia Feldman
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
2 Days to 120 Days

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: preterm newborn (gestational age less than 37 weeks) admitted to the intensive care unit; Low or extremely low birth weight newborn (under 2500g)admitted to the intensive care unit; chronological age greater than 24 hours of life; respiratory and hemodynamic stability; without continuous sedation and / or use of amines.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: show signs or symptoms of neurological disorders; malformations; grade 2 or more of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage; severe heart disease; severe respiratory distress, immediate postoperative; phototherapy.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
relief of 20% of pain verified through Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP), assessed at the beginning and end of treatment;20% decrease in stress verified by salivary cortisol concentration at the beginning and end of treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
No secondary outcomes are expected

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactAnilsa;Luciana Francisco;Sanada

Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina;Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

orlanilsafrancisco@hotmail.com;luciana.sanada@udesc.br+55-48-36648627;+55-48-36648627

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)