Physiological Parameters and Crying Time in the Newborn Bath

Infant, Newborn Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Palmar Grasp Reflex Stimulation on Physiological Parameters and Crying Time in the Newborn Bath

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05295147
• Other study ID #: B.30.2.ATA.0.01.00/51
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Ataturk University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Bathing is essential for maintaining and improving the health of the newborn. It has numerous beneficial effects, such as cleaning and protecting the skin, preventing infections, cleaning unwanted substances, regulating blood circulation and the respiratory system, regulating body temperature, relieving pain, providing comfort, and supporting the parent-infant bond. Although bathing has many benefits, it is a stressful experience for newborn babies. Research on the effects of bathing on babies has shown that babies experience behavioral difficulties during bathing, such as crying, restlessness, hiccups, yawning, tremors, body looseness, looseness of the extremities, facial looseness, opening of fingers, and grimacing. Bathing may also lead to some physiological responses, such as hypothermia, hypoxia, dyspnea, cyanosis, desaturation, and tachycardia.Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of palmar grasp reflex stimulation during neonatal bath on the physiological parameters and crying time of the newborn.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 82
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 28 Days

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• At least 24 hours after birth

• have a gestational age over 36

• not be asphyxiated

• Feeding at least 1-3 hours before bathing

• Not receiving analgesic sedation before bathing

• Stable vital signs

Exclusion Criteria:

• Ineligible for immersion tub bathing

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Infant, Newborn

Intervention

Other:
• Palmar Grasp Reflex Stimulation
The palmar grasp reflex is an involuntary flexion-adduction movement involving the hands and fingers.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	AtaturkU	Yakuti?ye	Erzurum

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ataturk University	MSc Elif Simay KOÇ

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Body temperature in Celsius		12 week
Primary	Respiratory rate per minute		12 week
Primary	Pulse per minute		12 week
Primary	Oxygen saturation levels in %		12 week
Primary	Crying time in seconds		12 week