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Effect of parental touch on relieving acute procedural pain in neonates and parental anxiety (Petal): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial in the UK
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Background Touch interventions such as massage and skin-to-skin contact relieve neonatal pain. The Parental touch trial (Petal) aimed to assess whether parental stroking of their baby before a clinically required heel lance, at a speed of approximately 3 cm/s to optimally activate C-tactile nerve fibres, provides effective pain relief.
Methods Petal is a multicentre, randomised, parallel-group interventional superiority trial conducted in the Joh...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00340-1
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Lancet Child & Adolescent Health More from this journal
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 259-269
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2024-02-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-12-11
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2352-4642
- Pmid:
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38373429
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English
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1631865
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pubs:1631865
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2024-03-14
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- Hauck et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2024
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- © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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