IRCT201408029568N9 IRCT 2014-09-08 Tehran University of Medical Sciences Effect of pain relief methods blood sampling pain in newborns The effect of oral dextrose and facilitated tucking in reducing pain associated with arterial blood sampling in preterm infants 2014-08-23 anticipated 60 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/10134 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Crossover, Purpose: Health service research, Randomization description: Infants with inclusion criteria were randomly allocated to three groups (A, B and C) by permutated blocks of six. Six blocks were defined (ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB and CBA) and a number from 1 to 6 were assigned to each block. By rolling dice the sequence of blocks was determined, Blinding description: The statistician was not present in patient enrollment, and the data collector was not involved in data analysis. N/A Acute Pain. Intervention 1: Intervention 1/ Oral Dextrose solution, 0.5 ml of 50 % dextrose by a syringe 2 minutes before the procedure. Intervention 2: Intervention 2/ The facilitated tucking placing infants on their side, with their back gently bent, and their legs were in a flexion angle of greater than 90 degrees. Intervention 3: Control, conducting procedure based on hospital protocol without any pain relief intervention except the application of gentle touching and verbal comfort. Yes - There is a plan to make this available What will be shared: All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after deidentification When: Immediately following publication. No end date. To whom: Anyone who wishes to access the data. Conditions: To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement. The data is available for any purpose. Where to obtain: All applications should be sent to athare_ranjbar@yahoo.com How to obtain: All requests will be answered within a maximum of one month by email. Comments: