Background Premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit are routinely
exposed to many painful procedures. Pain experienced during the neonatal period may lead …

Nonpharmacological interventions are important alternatives for pain relief during minor
procedures in preterm neonates. Skin-to-skin contact or kangaroo mother care is a human …

Background: The heel-lancing procedure is a common tissue damaging procedure routinely
performed in premature neonates and causes pain. Therefore, efforts should be made to …

Background: Preterm neonates undergo several painful procedures in NICU including heel
prick for blood sugar monitoring. Nonpharmacological interventions have been tried to …

Background Preterm infants' repeated exposure to painful procedures may lead to negative
consequences. Thus, non-pharmacological pain management is essential due to …

Background Various non-pharmacologic methods are used to alleviate pain in preterm
infants who spend their first days in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) because they are …

Objective: To test if enhancing maternal skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo mother care (KMC)
by adding rocking, singing and sucking is more efficacious than simple KMC for procedural …

Objectives To compare individual efficacy and additive effects of pain control interventions in
preterm neonates. Design Randomized controlled trial Setting Level-3 University affiliated …

AIM This study aimed to evaluate effects of kangaroo care on pain relief in premature infants
during painful procedures. Design A meta‐analysis. Methods Eight databases (Cochrane …

Objectives To determine the effect of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) of small duration of 15
min in decreasing pain in preterm neonates between 32–36 wk 6 d on heel prick by a 26 …