The Effect of Nursing Interventions on Body Temperatures of Infants

NCT ID: NCT06654479

Last Updated: 2024-10-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 104 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-10-03
• Study Completion Date: 2024-02-08

Brief Summary

Aim: This study planned the intervention and care of term and preterm newborns treated in neonatal intensive care units, including thermoregulation, procedure duration and care with the opening technique of incubator covers.

Method: This non-participatory observational study was conducted between October 2022 and December 2023 with a total of 104 term and preterm newborns who were being treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of S.B.U. Dr. Behçet Uz Children's Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. In the study, the Case Report Form prepared by the researcher and based on the research method, dependent/independent variables and inclusion/exclusion criteria was used to collect data. The opening techniques of incubator lids were determined as double intervention window open, single intervention window open and incubator lid fully open. After selected newborns who met the inclusion/exclusion criteria, standardisation was ensured by explaining to the nurse who would provide care and intervention the location of the heat probe (right abdominal region) and that the patient should be in the supine position. The incubator temperature, incubator humidity, body temperature and neonatal intensive care room temperature and humidity before the procedure, the technique of opening the incubator lid during the care delivery phase and the intervention applied were recorded on the Case Report Form.

Detailed Description

Aim: This study planned the intervention and care of term and preterm newborns treated in neonatal intensive care units, including thermoregulation, procedure duration and care with the opening technique of incubator covers.

Method: This non-participatory observational study was conducted between October 2022 and December 2023 with a total of 104 term and preterm newborns who were being treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of S.B.U. Dr. Behçet Uz Children's Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. In the study, the Case Report Form prepared by the researcher and based on the research method, dependent/independent variables and inclusion/exclusion criteria was used to collect data. The opening techniques of incubator lids were determined as double intervention window open, single intervention window open and incubator lid fully open. After selected newborns who met the inclusion/exclusion criteria, standardisation was ensured by explaining to the nurse who would provide care and intervention the location of the heat probe (right abdominal region) and that the patient should be in the supine position. The incubator temperature, incubator humidity, body temperature and neonatal intensive care room temperature and humidity before the procedure, the technique of opening the incubator lid during the care delivery phase and the intervention applied were recorded on the Case Report Form. The researcher monitored the duration of the procedure with a chronometer at the beginning of the procedure. Body temperature, incubator temperature.

Conditions

Hypothermia, Newborn

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CROSSOVER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

The study included neonates treated in the neonatal intensive care unit.

In the newborns in the study, changes in body temperatures during routine nursing interventions of the nurses of the clinic were examined.

In the newborns in the study, changes in body temperatures during routine nursing interventions of the nurses of the clinic were examined.

Intervention Type: OTHER

The study is an observational study. The newborns were not intervened by the researcher. Body temperature changes were observed during routine practices of nurses in the clinic.

Interventions

In the newborns in the study, changes in body temperatures during routine nursing interventions of the nurses of the clinic were examined.

The study is an observational study. The newborns were not intervened by the researcher. Body temperature changes were observed during routine practices of nurses in the clinic.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• In the neonatal intensive care unit,
• History of mature and premature birth (≤37 GH),
• Definitive diagnosis known,
• Newborns treated in a single brand of incubator, as different brands of incubators may vary in opening the lids and heating the incubators according to the characteristics of the incubator.

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with asphyxia and receiving therapeutic cooling treatment,
• Within 10 days postoperatively,
• Active fever or a diagnosis of sepsis,
• Intervened under the radiant heater,
• Clinical condition deteriorated during the study period,
• Newborns who are followed and clothed to be placed with their mother.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 1 Day
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Izmir Katip Celebi University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Beste Ozguven Oztornaci

Assist. Prof. Dr.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

İzmir Katip Çelebi University

Izmir, Çi̇ğli̇, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

22.09.2022/0380

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id