Respiratory Therapy and Newborn Pain: Comparison Between Techniques

June 18, 2013 updated by: Camila Isabel Santos Schivinski, University of the State of Santa Catarina

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

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.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Santa Catarina
      • Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 88015-270
        • Maternidade Carmela Dutra Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

1 day to 4 weeks (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Newborns up to 28 days with any weight and gestational age in ventilatory support or oxygen therapy and clinical indication for Physical Therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Newborns with contraindication of respiratory therapy, those that had problems during any of the study procedures and changes in those suffering from respiratory support or oxygen therapy during data collection.
  • If there was failure to collect any of the parameters for evaluating the newborn also was no longer part of the sample.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
In this group the newborns remained at rest 20 minutes and receive no intervention of respiratory therapy.
Experimental: Physical Therapy
In this group the newborns are submitted to the mechanical vibrator.
In this group the newborns were first submitted to the mechanical vibrator applied over a diaper, on the chest of newborns for 5 min, as follows: 1min 1min right hemithorax and the left hemithorax, both previously, followed 30 seconds in the lateral aspect of each hemithorax; more than 1min in each hemithorax in the posterior region. The mechanical vibrator was performed subsequent to manual chest compression, using light hand pressure on the chest of newborns, respecting the compliance of the chest. The chest compression was applied for 2min 2min in the right hemithorax and left-sided chest, above, and 1 minute on each side, another 2 minutes on the back of each hemithorax, totaling 10 minutes of compression. Next to chest compression, mechanical vibration was applied for 5 min in the same topographical sequence described.
Experimental: Thoracoabdominal rebalancing
In this group the newborns receive the thoracoabdominal rebalancing.
In this group the infants received four handlings thoracoabdominal rebalancing, in order: 1) 5min support thoracoabdominal, in which the therapist leaned one hand on the lower chest and upper abdomen of the newborn, with some of its fingers on the ribs, pulling them gently down and keeping them in that position during inspiration, 2) more than 5 minutes of abdominal support, carried by hand in the lower abdomen of the newborn, applying light pressure during inspiration enough to be beaten by the diaphragm of the newborn and not to increase the use of accessory muscles of inspiration, 3) 5min support ileo-costal, by a slight manual pressure of the physiotherapist on the lateral chest and abdomen of the newborn, maintained throughout inspiration and 4) finally ran up 5min ginga thoracic maneuver slight manual pressure on the lower chest of newborns, directing the costal movement during expiration, now an then the other hemithorax.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Pain Scales (NIPS, PIPP, NFCS)
Time Frame: Immediately after intervention and 15 minutes after the end of the intervention
Immediately after intervention and 15 minutes after the end of the intervention
Changes in cardiorespiratory parameters
Time Frame: Immediately after intervention and 15 minutes after the end of the intervention
Immediately after intervention and 15 minutes after the end of the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 12, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 12, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

November 15, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 19, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 18, 2013

Last Verified

October 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PTNB 2010

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