Health Trials

Effect of Facilitated Tucking and Gentle Human Touch on Procedural Pain Among Neonates

ConditionNon Pharmacological Pain Management
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1-28
SponsorShifa Tameer-e-Millat University

About this trial

This is a Randomized Control Trial intended to investigate the effect of two non-pharmacological interventions on procedural pain among neonates.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Both term and preterm neonates.

APGAR scores of a minimum of 6 at one minute and 8 at 5 minutes

Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Undergoing arterial prick for the first time.

Disqualifiers

Documented birth asphyxia

Congenital anomalies

Neurological diagnosis,

ventilated with paralysis

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Facilitated Tucking
  • Gentle Human Touch

Treatment groups

159 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University

Lead sponsor

Shifa International Hospital

Sponsor institution

Source ClinicalTrials.gov