FACILITATED TUCKING EFFECTIVE TO PAIN RELIEF ON THE PRETERM INFANTS IN PERINATAL UNIT IN JAKARTA

Abstract

The majorityof preterm infants requirea long periodof hospitalizationin intensive care units,whichoftennecessitatesthoseundergoingpainful procedures, includingblood collection. Thisstudy aimsto identify the effectiveness of facilitated tucking on pain responses,includingphysiological parametersand theduration of crying during blood collection. The study design is quasi-experimental, employing anonequivalent control group pretest-posttest approach. The study involves40 infants,selected bytheconsecutive sampling technique and assignedinto twogroups:an intervention group(n=20),whichreceived facilitated tucking during blood collection,and acontrol group (n=20),whichdid not receive facilitated tucking. The General Linear Model+post hoc, Mann-Whitney, and independent t-testwere applied to analyze the data. The resultssuggest that there wasasignificantdifference inthemean ofthe pulse, oxygen saturation, and duration of cryingbetween the two groups during blood collection. The duration of cryingintheinterventiongroup wasshorter thaninthe control group. Facilitated tucking waseffective inrelieving pain and the duration of cryingduring blood collection, andcouldbe implemented aspart of the developmental careprocessto promote pain managementininfants.