Analgesia in newborns: a case-control study of the efficacy of nutritive and non-nutritive sucking stimuli

• Autor(a) principal: Lima,Ana Henriques
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Hermont,Ana Paula, Friche,Amélia Augusta de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: CoDAS
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-17822013000400011
• topic: Pain; Analgesia; Sucking behavior; Newborn; Case-control studies

PURPOSE: To verify the nutritive and non-nutritive stimuli efficacy in the newborn's response to pain during venipuncture. METHODS: The main sample was composed of 64 newborns that were randomly divided into three groups. The first group (n=20) received nutritive sucking stimulus that was performed through maternal breastfeeding. The second group (n=21) received non-nutritive sucking stimulus that was performed through the introduction of the researcher little finger in the newborn's oral cavity. The third group or control group (n=23) did not receive any analgesia stimulus. The newborns were evaluated using the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale, and the responses to painful stimuli were compared. RESULTS: The nutritive as well as non-nutritive suction methods provided a comforting effect, resulting in lower pain response scores (p<0.05). There was no difference between the analgesia provided by both methods (p&gt;0.05). CONCLUSION: The nutritive and the non-nutritive sucking stimuli proved to be efficacious tools in relieving pain among newborns.