Effects of white noise on procedural pain-related cortical response and pain score in neonates: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the effects of white noise on pain-related cortical response, pain score, and behavioral and physiological parameters in neonates with procedural pain.

Methods

A double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted. Sixty-six neonates from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a university-affiliated general hospital were randomly assigned to listen to white noise at 50 dB (experimental group) or 0 dB (control group) 2 min before radial artery blood sampling and continued until 5 min after needle withdrawal. Pain-related cortical response was measured by regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rScO₂) monitored with near-infrared spectroscopy, and facial expressions and physiological parameters were recorded by two video cameras. Two assessors

SUBMITTER: Ren X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9305016 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature