Effect of Maternal Heart Sound on Crying Time and Pain Level in Newborns During Heel Blood Collection

Effect of Maternal Heart Sound on Crying Time and Pain Level in Newborns During Heel Blood Collection: A Randomized Controlled Study

This study was carried out to determine the effect of maternal heart sound listened to by newborns during heel blood collection on pain level and crying time.

The randomized controlled and experimental study was conducted with 60 newborns applied to a public family health center for heel blood collection. The infants in the experimental group (n=30) were listened to the maternal heart sound before, during, and after the heel blood collection procedure, and routine blood collection was applied to the control group (n=30). Newborn Information Form and Newborn Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) were used to collect data.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Gestational age of 38-41 weeks,
• Chronological age of 2-28 days,
• Without any physical, metabolic or genetic disease,
• Newborns who did not use any analgesic drugs before the procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

• Newborns whose heel blood cannot be taken at once