Marianne van der Vaart, Annalisa G V Hauck, Roshni Mansfield, Eleri Adams, Aomesh Bhatt, Maria M Cobo, Daniel Crankshaw, Amraj Dhami, Caroline Hartley, Vaneesha Monk, Ria Evans Fry, Fiona Moultrie, Shellie Robinson, Jean Yong, Ravi Poorun, Luke Baxter, Rebeccah Slater
Parental involvement in neonatal comfort care is a core component of family-centred care. Yet, parents experience a range of positive and negative feelings when providing pain-relieving interventions for their infants. Parents of infants who participated in the Parental touch trial (Petal), a multicentre randomised controlled trial investigating the impact of gentle parental touch on neonatal pain, were asked to complete an anonymous survey. This survey aimed to (1) explore parent-reported motivations in deciding to participate in the Petal trial; (2) understand parent-reported experiences related to trial participation; (3) understand parents' willingness to participate in future studies; and (4) evaluate parent-reported feelings while they were delivering a gentle touch intervention either before or after a clinically necessary blood test...
January 25, 2024: Pain