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

Objective To test the efficacy of maternal skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo care (KC), on
diminishing the pain response of preterm neonates to heel lancing. Design A crossover …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Several promising non-pharmacological interventions
have been developed to reduce acute pain in preterm infants including skin-to-skin contact …

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 …

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

Background Skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been shown to be
efficacious in diminishing pain response to heel lance in full term and moderately preterm …

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

Objectives. To determine whether skin-to-skin contact between mothers and their newborns
will reduce the pain experienced by the infant during heel lance. Design. A prospective …

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 …