Use of "kangaroo care" to alleviate the intensity of vaccination pain in newborns

Reza Saeidi, Zahra Asnaashari, Mohtaram Amirnejad, Habibollah Esmaeili, Mahboobe Gholami Robatsangi, Reza Saeidi, Zahra Asnaashari, Mohtaram Amirnejad, Habibollah Esmaeili, Mahboobe Gholami Robatsangi

Abstract

Objective: It has been demonstrated that newborns feel pain completely. Thus, they should be treated with this in mind. Recent research showed that non-pharmacological interventions such as "Kangaroo Care" may be useful for decreasing pain in newborns. We tried to determine the effect of kangaroo care on the pain intensity of vaccination in healthy newborns.

Methods: This study was a randomized case-control clinical trial. Subjects were 60 healthy full-term newborns delivered in a general Hospital, in Iran, from March to July 2006. They were randomly assigned to case and control groups. The case group received 30 minutes skin to skin contact, whereas infants in the control group were put, wrapped in a blanket, aside the mothers. Behavioral changes of newborns were evaluated and observed 2 minutes before, during, and 3 minutes after the intervention. All procedures were filmed. An assistant who was blinded to the study, scored behavior changes using Neonatal/Infant Pain Scale. Heart rate and oxygen saturation levels as displayed on the pulse monitor and duration of crying were recorded using a stopwatch.

Findings: Mean pain intensity during the intervention v was significantly lower in the case group (P<0.006). Mean pain intensity 3 minutes after intervention was also significantly lower in the case group (P<0.021). Mean duration of crying was significantly lower in case group as well (P<0.001).

Conclusion: Kangaroo care may be used to decrease pain intensity in newborns undergoing painful procedures.

Keywords: Infant Care; Kangaroo Mother Care; Newborn; Pain; Vaccination.

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