Non-Nutritive Sucking vs Non-Nutritive Sucking Combined With Breast Milk on the Neonatal Comfort

Infant, Premature Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of the Use of Non-Nutritive Sucking vs Non-Nutritive Sucking Combined With Breast Milk on the Neonatal Comfort During Diaper Change in Preterm Infants

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05097495
• Other study ID #: ATADEK-2021/15
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 23, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: Acibadem University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of the use of non-nutritive sucking vs non-nutritive sucking combined with breast milk on neonatal comfort during diaper change in preterm infants.

Description:

Newborns are faced with many painful interventions including tactile stimulation such as diaper change, axillary temperature measurement, intraoral and endotracheal aspiration during the postnatal period in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) at the beginning of their lives. Painful interventions negatively affect the physiological parameters, comfort, sleep, growth and hospital stay of newborns. As a result of these interventions, the stress level increases in preterm infants. Increased stress level can cause long-term sequelae, risk of intraventricular hemorrhage, increased oxygen consumption and hypertension. In addition, the increased stress experience may make the infant sensitive to pain and stress in other periods of his life.

This randomized controlled prospective study was planned to be conducted in the NICU of a private hospital with branches in Istanbul until the whole sample group would be reached.

In the NICU, where the study will be conducted, preterm infants will be divided into two groups as control and experimental groups. Non-nutritive sucking (NNS) combined with breast milk will be used during diaper change for newborns in the experimental group, and only NNS will be used in the control group. NNS will be given to both groups 5 minutes before diaper change. The comfort level of the newborns will be measured with the Premature Infant Comfort Scale before the NNS, 5 minutes after the NNS, during the procedure, immediately after the procedure and 5 minutes after the procedure.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: June 23, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 23, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 1 Day to 28 Days

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The preterm infants whose parents agree to participate in the research and sign the informed consent form;

• Who have no congenital anomaly;

• Who have no chronic disease;

• Who have undergone no surgical procedure;

• Who have no neurological symptoms;

• Who have no NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis) diagnosis;

• Who are not sedated;

• Who are not hypoglycemic;

• Who have been administered no pharmacological analgesic method 4 hours before;

• Who are born between =28 and =36+6 gestation weeks, or are in between =28 and =36+6 gestation weeks during the procedure.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The infants whose parents do not agree to participate in the research and do not sign the informed consent form;

• Who have a congenital anomaly;

• Who have a chronic disease;

• Who had undergone a surgical procedure;

• Who have neurological symptoms;

• Who have NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis) diagnosis;

• Who are sedated;

• Who are hypoglycemic;

• Who have been administered no pharmacological analgesic method 4 hours prior;

• Who were between <28 and >36+6 gestation weeks.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Infant, Premature

Intervention

Procedure:
• Only NNS
Before the procedure, the Premature Infant Comfort Scale shall be filled out. Procedure steps for the control group: Materials shall be prepared (napkins, non-sterile gloves, pacifier) Hands shall be washed; gloves shall be worn. The infant shall be given a NNS just before the procedure and continue until the 5th minute after the procedure. The diapers shall be changed. Hands shall be washed after the procedure. The Premature Infant Comfort Scale shall be assessed during, shortly after, and 5 minutes after the procedure.
• NNS Combined with Breast Milk
Before the procedure, the Premature Infant Comfort Scale shall be filled out. Materials shall be prepared (napkins, non-sterile gloves, pacifier, breast milk, cup) Hands shall be washed; gloves shall be worn. The cylindrical part of a pacifier shall be in touch with breast milk for 5 seconds. The infant shall be given the pacifier, combined with breast milk, just before the procedure and continue until the 5th minute after the procedure. The diapers shall be changed. Hands shall be washed after the procedure. The Premature Infant Comfort Scale shall be assessed during, shortly after, and 5 minutes after the procedure.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Sisli Kolan International Hastanesi	Istanbul	Sisli

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Acibadem University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (5)

De Bernardo G, Riccitelli M, Sordino D, Giordano M, Piccolo S, Buonocore G, Perrone S. Oral 24% sucrose associated with nonnutritive sucking for pain control in healthy term newborns receiving venipuncture beyond the first week of life. J Pain Res. 2019 J — View Citation

Gibbins S, Stevens B. Mechanisms of sucrose and non-nutritive sucking in procedural pain management in infants. Pain Res Manag. 2001 Spring;6(1):21-8. doi: 10.1155/2001/376819. — View Citation

Lyngstad LT, Tandberg BS, Storm H, Ekeberg BL, Moen A. Does skin-to-skin contact reduce stress during diaper change in preterm infants? Early Hum Dev. 2014 Apr;90(4):169-72. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.01.011. Epub 2014 Feb 16. — View Citation

Naughton KA. The combined use of sucrose and nonnutritive sucking for procedural pain in both term and preterm neonates: an integrative review of the literature. Adv Neonatal Care. 2013 Feb;13(1):9-19; quiz 20-1. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e31827ed9d3. — View Citation

Wu HP, Yang L, Lan HY, Peng HF, Chang YC, Jeng MJ, Liaw JJ. Effects of Combined Use of Mother's Breast Milk, Heartbeat Sounds, and Non-Nutritive Sucking on Preterm Infants' Behavioral Stress During Venipuncture: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nurs Schol — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Comfort Level	Infant's comfort level is evaluated with Premature Infant Comfort Scale.Premature Infant Comfort Scale (PICS), which is a multidimensional scale used in evaluating comfort and pain behaviorally and psychologically. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 35, and the highest score is 7. A high score on the scale indicates a low level of comfort.	5 minutes before, immediately before, during, immediately after, and 5 minutes after the procedure.The change in these time intervals will be assessed.