The effect of breast-feeding on newborns' pain caused by heel prick

VernacularTitle:母乳吸吮对足月新生儿足跟采血疼痛的影响
Author: Ping NI ; Jingli CHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Breast Feeding; Infant,Newborn; Blood Specimen Collection; Pain
From: Chinese Journal of Nursing 2010;45(5):429-431
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of breast-feeding on newborns' pain caused by heel prick. Methods A convenient sample of sixty newborns from a hospital in Beijing undergoing heel prick for the Newborn Screening Program Blood Test were enrolled. They were randomly divided into breast-feeding group and control group. The newborns in the breast-feeding group began to receive breast-feeding at two minutes before the heel prick until 8 minutes after the heel prick finished. The newborns' grimace,cry,heart rate (HR) and oxygen saturation (SaO_2) were recorded and compared between the two groups. Results There were significant differences on the starting time and lasting time of grimace and cry caused by pain,numbers of crying neonates,SaO_2 during and 1 to 4 minutes after heel stick,as well as the recovery time of SaO_2 after heel stick between the two groups (P＜0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusion Breast-feeding can relieve newborns' pain caused by heel prick.