Cochrane · systematic review · CD008435
Skin‐to‐skin care for procedural pain in neonates
Johnston, C, Campbell‐Yeo, M, Disher, T, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library
NeonatalAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 28.6%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 4 · 57.1%High 1 · 14.3%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Skin‐to‐Skin care for procedural pain in neonates ‐ summary of findings
Population: procedural pain in neonates
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Heart rate during painful procedure | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 161 participants | Very low |
Heart rate following painful procedure | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 120 participants | High |
PIPP Score 30 seconds after painful procedure | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 268 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
NIPS ‐ Proportion of infants in low or no pain during procedure | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 480 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
NIPS ‐ Infants in no pain during recovery | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 380 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Duration of cry (seconds) following heel lance | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 33 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Duration of cry (seconds) following IM injection | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 100 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |