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IRCT2013090814594N1 IRCT 2014-01-03 Vice chancellor for research, shiraz University of Medical Sciences A comparison between the effects of swaddled bathing and conventional bathing on physiological and behavioral parameters among the preterm neonates. A comparison between the effects of swaddled bathing and conventional bathing on some physiological and behavioral parameters among the preterm neonates in neonatal intensive care unit in a Shiraz Medical Sciences University hospital. 2013-07-17 anticipated 50 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/14191 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention. 2-3 Physiological and behavioral parameters of premature infants in swaddled bathing and conventional bathing. Intervention 1: In the intervention group, infants are bathed using the swaddled bathing method. In this method, the infant is swaddled with a soft towel such that the arms and legs remain in a flexed position and bathed in a tub using the swaddled bathing method. Intervention 2: In the control group, the infants are bathed using the conventional method in which different parts of the infant's body are washed under faucet. The infant's body is then covered and his/her head and face are washed.
public Maryam Paran
Hazrat-e-Fatemeh Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Namazi Square, Shiraz
Shiraz Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran +98 71 1647 4257 paran@sums.ac.ir Shiraz University of Medical Sciences - Hazrat-e-Fatemeh Nursing and Midwifery Faculty scientific Mitra Edraki
Hazrat-e-Fatemeh Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Namazi Square, Shiraz
Shiraz Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran +98 71 1647 4257 Mitraedraki@yahoo.com Shiraz University of Medical Sciences - Hazrat-e-Fatemeh Nursing and Midwifery Faculty Iran (Islamic Republic of) Inclusion Criteria : Gestational age of 30–36 weeks; postnatal age of 7-30 days; not using sedatives and short- or long-acting skeletal muscle relaxant drugs; not having substance abuse issues and no sedative drug use by the mother; no major congenital, chromosomal or neurological abnormalities; no need for surgery; no severe growth problems from birth; no evidence of grade II or higher intraventricular hemorrhage; stability of physiological parameters in the infant. Exclusion Criteria: Occurrence of seizures in the infant; symptoms of physiological instability in the infant; parents' unwillingness to continue cooperating in research. no limit 1 year Both Prevention Other In the intervention group, infants are bathed using the swaddled bathing method. In this method, the infant is swaddled with a soft towel such that the arms and legs remain in a flexed position and bathed in a tub using the swaddled bathing method. In the control group, the infants are bathed using the conventional method in which different parts of the infant's body are washed under faucet. The infant's body is then covered and his/her head and face are washed. Temperature. Timepoint: 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bathing. Method of measurement: Axillary mercury thermometer. Heart rate. Timepoint: 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bathing. Method of measurement: Pulse oximetry. Blood oxygen saturation. Timepoint: 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bathing. Method of measurement: Pulse oximetry. Respiration rate. Timepoint: 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after the bathing. Method of measurement: Observation. Behavioral responses. Timepoint: During the bathing. Method of measurement: Video camera. Vice chancellor for research, shiraz University of Medical Sciences Approved 2013-07-16 Ethics committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Zand Street, Shiraz Shiraz Iran (Islamic Republic of)