Comparison of facilitated tucking and oral dextrose in reducing the pain of heel stick in preterm infants: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:With the increase in hospitalization of premature infants in emergency departments and the painful procedure in these sectors, appropriate methods of pain relief are required. This study aimed to compare the effect of oral dextrose and facilitated tucking in the reduction of pain during heel sticks in premature infants and assess their effectiveness and feasibility for use in emergency settings. METHODS:This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial with cross-over design. Sixty infants were recruited from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Valiasr hospital in Tehran, Iran from March 2015 to September 2016. They were randomly allocated into three groups (no pain relief method, oral dextrose and facilitated tucking). Six blood samples were collected by heel stick for each infant. Oral dextrose and facilitated tucking were compared with the routine method of blood sampling and pain was measured two times for each method. The pain scores was measured by the Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP). Repeated Measure ANOVA, ANOVA and Scheffe post-hoc test were used with SPSS 16. RESULTS:The pain score's increase during heel stick was significantly lower after using oral dextrose (3.58?±?0.34) and facilitated tucking (5.58?±?0.53) in comparison to the routine method (8.91?±?0.18) of blood sampling (P?

SUBMITTER: Ranjbar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7155270 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature