Zahra Bostani Khalesi; Yasaman Yaghoubi; Mahmood Abedinzadeh
Volume 18, Issue 1 , March and April 2011, , Pages 6-12
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Background and Purpose: The use of complementary and alternative therapy is on the rise and massage therapy is one of these alternative procedures. The purpose of the present research was to determine the effect of field massage on the arterial blood oxygen saturation in neonates with respiratory distress ...
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Background and Purpose: The use of complementary and alternative therapy is on the rise and massage therapy is one of these alternative procedures. The purpose of the present research was to determine the effect of field massage on the arterial blood oxygen saturation in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome.
Methods and Materials: This clinical trial was conducted on 25 infants hospitalized with respiratory distress syndrome in the neonatal intensive care unit in Rasht Al-Zahra Hospital، Iran. An information record form (consisting of two sections: demographic information and a table for recording oxygen saturations) was used for data gathering، and pulse oxymeter was used for measuring Oxygen saturation. The information was collected in 3 consecutive days; the intervention took three 15-minute periods. Arterial blood oxygen saturation was recorded 5 minutes before massage، then neonates underwent a 15-minute massage; then within 5 and 15 minutes from the massage، the arterial blood oxygen saturation was measured and recorded again. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 16 using ANOVA.
Results: Mean arterial blood oxygen saturation at baseline (5 minutes before massage) was 93.44±0.46، five minutes after massage 94.22±0.41 and 15 minutes after the massage، it was 91.67±0.24. Mean arterial blood oxygen saturation during the three days of intervention was significantly different before and after the field technique massage (P
M GHAHRAMANI; M BASIRI MOGHADAM; L BADAEE
Volume 13, Issue 3 , September and October 2006, , Pages 140-144
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Sensory stimulation is one of the basic needs of human beings, particularly, for growth and development. However, preterm infants are deprived of Kinesthetic stimulation due to limitations of nursing care and occasionally due to relative isolation periods. Also, painful and additional ...
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Background and Purpose: Sensory stimulation is one of the basic needs of human beings, particularly, for growth and development. However, preterm infants are deprived of Kinesthetic stimulation due to limitations of nursing care and occasionally due to relative isolation periods. Also, painful and additional manipulations cause physiologic dystrophy (hypoxia and heartbeat changes). Therefore, this study was conducted to study the effects of field massage on the physiologic responses of preterm infants and to assure its usage.
Methods and Materials: The present study is a quasi-experimental research, conducted on 20 stable preterm infants who were selected by purposive sampling. Field massage was given for 10 days, three 15-minute times in three hours. Heart rate, respiratory rate and O2 saturation were recorded in four phases: just prior to the initiation of the intervention as the baseline time; at the eighth minute after the onset of intervention as time 1; just after the termination of intervention (the 15th minute) as time 2; and finally five minutes later (20 minutes after the initiation) as times 3.
Results: Mean heart rate was as follows: baseline time 133.29±0.58; time 1 was 139.68±0.54; time 2 was 133.31±0.57 and time 3 was 133.51±0.56. There was a significant difference between the four phases (p