Respiratory Therapy and Newborn Pain: Comparison Between Techniques

Newborn Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: Study of Respiratory Therapy and Newborn Pain That Made a Comparison Between Physiotherapeutical Techniques

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study intend to assess the pain intensity of newborns in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) undergoing different techniques of respiratory therapy and compare these procedures. A randomized controlled clinical trial and blind trial with newborns admitted to NICU. The babies were categorized according to gestational age , age, weight, diagnosis, support and signs of respiratory distress. Then, they were allocated by lot to come from one of 3 groups: G1 - control, G2 - undergoing physical therapy; G3 - received the thoracoabdominal rebalancing. Each newborn received just one physical therapy session in that they were assessed before one of the three procedures (T1), immediately after (T2) and after 15 minutes (T3). This evaluation found cardiorespiratory parameters (oxygen saturation, heart and respiratory rate) and three specific scales for pain assessment (NIPS, NFCS and PIPP). The hypothesis is that newborns hospitalized in intensive care unit did not show pain when undergoing respiratory therapy.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Newborn Pain
• Respiratory Therapy Techniques

• NCT number: NCT01240044
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of the State of Santa Catarina
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2010
• Completion date: December 2011