Trial reportGlobal journal of health science2014
The effect of facilitated tucking during endotracheal suctioning on procedural pain in preterm neonates: a randomized controlled crossover study.
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- Pharmacological interventions for the prevention of pain during endotracheal suctioning in ventilated neonates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention of pain during endotracheal suctioning in ventilated neonates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions for endotracheal suctioning pain in preterm infants: A systematic review.Nursing open · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of facilitated tucking position during painful procedure in pain management of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2020Pooled it
- The Effect of Auricular Massage on Naso-Oral Suctioning Procedural Pain in Premature Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Study.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2025Trial
- The effect of the facilitated tucking position in reducing vaccination-induced pain in newborns.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2015Trial
- Oral glucose in preterm neonates during oropharyngeal suctioning: a randomized controlled cross-over trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2015Trial
- Nonpharmacological Pain Management for Premature Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of facilitated tucking on reducing pain during heel stick in neonates: a randomized controlled experimental study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Effect of non-pharmacological interventions on pain in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- A systematic review of improved positions and supporting devices for premature infants in the NICU.Heliyon · 2023Review
- The Effect of Endotracheal Suctioning Using the Four-handed Care on Physiological Criteria and Behavioral Responses of the Preterm Infants: Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial.Journal of caring sciences · 2022Article
- Creating a small baby program: a single center's experience.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2022Review
- Pain in Preterm Infants: Different Perspectives.The Journal of perinatal education · 2021Article
- Turkish Neonatal Society guideline on the neonatal pain and its management.Turk pediatri arsivi · 2018Article
- Effect of Expressed Breast Milk versus Swaddling versus Oral Sucrose Administration on Pain Associated with Suctioning in Preterm Neonates on Assisted Ventilation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Indian journal of palliative careArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPremature infants not only feel and understand the pain, but also respond more intensively compared with term infants. Non-pharmacological methods of pain control are suitable to relieve pain in painful procedures. The facilitated tucking position is considered as a non-pharmacological method of pain control in infants; however, its impact on frequent and repeated procedural pain such as endotracheal suctioning remains to be studied.
objectivesThis paper is the report of a study that examined the impact of facilitated tucking position on behavioral pain during suctioning in premature neonates.
designThis was a clinical trial study with a crossover design. SETTINGS: The study was conducted in a level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, located in a teaching hospital, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
participantsThirty four infants were enrolled in this study based on the following inclusion criteria: age between 29 to 37 weeks of gestational age, birth weight 1200 grams or more, having an endotracheal tube, no congenital anomalies, no seizures diagnosis, no chest tubes, no intracranial hemorrhage higher than degree II, not receiving opiates and sedatives four hours before intervention and not receiving any painful procedure at least half an hour before the intervention.
methodsThe samples were randomly received a sequence of suctioning with/without or suctioning without/with facilitated tucking. Preterm Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) was used to collect the data. SPSS version 16.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) was used for statistical analysis.
resultsWhile 38.2% of infants experienced severe pain during suctioning without intervention, only 8.8% of them experienced severe pain during suctioning with intervention. The results of the paired t-test show that there is a statistically significant difference in the mean scores of pain between non-intervention and intervention cases (p < 0.001), and the mean pain score substantially reduced in cases with intervention.
conclusionsGiven the multiplicity of endotracheal suctioning frequency and the impossibility of frequent use of pharmacological methods of pain relief, the facilitated tucking position can be used as a safe non-pharmacological method for procedural pain management.
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