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Abstract
Persistent neonatal pain due to numerous painful procedures like blood sampling can result in serious consequences on the premature neonates. Non-pharmacological pain relieve measures like oral glucose and kangaroo mother care are the recommended modalities to treat acute procedural pain in preterm babies to promote physiologic stability and positive developmental outcomes. Aim: To assess the effect of kangaroo mother care versus oral glucose for pain control in preterm infant at neonatal intensive care unit. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was conducted on a simple random sample of 100 neonates at neonatal intensive care unit affiliated to Sandoob Health Insurance Hospital that recruited randomly to receive either kangaroo care or oral glucose during venipuncture. Tools of data collection: Data was collected using an infant evaluation form and Premature Infant Pain Profile tool (PIPP). Results: The primary outcome of the study showed that there was significant difference in PIPP score among preterm neonates with in two groups at 30 second after venipuncture (P <0.001). Mean PIPP score were lower in kangaroo group (6.84 ± 1.49) than in oral glucose group (9.24 ± 1.36). In addition the secondary outcomes revealed that kangaroo group preterm infant had less time of crying during blood sample and gain more weight than preterm infant in oral glucose group. Conclusion: It was concluded that , both kangaroo mother care and 25% oral glucose solution have analgesic effect during blood sampling but kangaroo care proved to have significantly superior analgesic effect during blood sample, less crying time, increase body weight and no incidence of feeding intolerance among preterm neonates in comparison to oral glucose. Recommendations: it is recommended that applying Kangaroo mother care to all preterm neonates before exposure to invasive procedure to control pain and reduce crying duration that consequently reflect positively on preterm infants outcomes.