EFFECTIVENESS OF SWADDLING ON PAIN MANAGEMENT AMONG HOSPITALIZED NEONATES UNDERGOING HEEL LANCING PROCEDURE AT SPECIAL NEWBORN CARE UNIT (SNCU) OF MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL

Introduction: Pain in neonates has been a large subject of debate within the medical profession for centuries. Neonates often require examinations and investigations for admission in the hospital. Nonpharmacological pain relieving methods such as swaddling is a most common effective method of pain reduction. Methodology: Non-equivalent control group pretest posttest quasi-experimental design was adopted. From the population of hospitalized neonates, 60 samples (30 in experimental group and 30 in control group) were selected by purposive sampling. Pain level and physiological parameters were assessed Neonatal Facial Coding System and Bio-physical Proforma. Results: The result showed that there was signicant difference in level of pain (t=2.11, p<0.05) and physiological parameters (t=4.04, p<0.05) among experimental and control group after 3 minutes of heel lancing procedure. Conclusion: It can be concluded that swaddling is effective on pain management undergoing heel lancing procedure among hospitalized neonates.