Efficacy of Healing Touch in Stressed Neonates
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Stress
In brief
The purpose of this project is to evaluate whether or not Healing Touch therapy (HT) helps to treat the stress of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Healing Touch is a gentle use of human touch - a light, soft placement without moving of the HT therapist's hand on a baby's body - and energy to create balance and relaxation. The goal of HT treatment is to help babies rest better, have less pain and discomfort and to heal more quickly. Healing Touch works along with all the treatments and medicines babies receive as part of ordinary care in the NICU.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00034008
- Run by
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- People needed
- 13
- Starts
- 2003-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2004-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2006-08-18
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Enrollment upon admission to the NICU and up to 7 days after admission
- Admission to the NICU requiring Level III care during the study period (7 days).
- Infants requiring ventilator support within the first 48 hours after admission.
- Infants requiring tube feedings > 50% of the time at the time of study entry.
- Both term and preterm infants (Any neonate admitted to the NICU - 20+ weeks gestation to term or more.)
You may not qualify if…
- All infants with cyanotic congenital heart disease.
- Other major congenital anomalies requiring immediate surgery.
- Infants admitted for a period predicted to be significantly less than 7 days; if status changes, the infant may be entered at that time.
- Any infant whose critical care precludes the presence of the Healing Touch practitioner at the bedside - a temporary exclusion.
- No exclusion due to race or ethnicity - other than the language barrier for true consent mentioned above.
Where it is running
- University of Arizona, University Medical Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — Tucson, Arizona, United States
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