Influence of stress factors on the vital signs of neonates under intensive care

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https://doi.org/10.17058/.v1i1.13449

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Hospitalization, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Physiological Stress, Neonate, Physiotherapy.

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Background and Objectives: Maintenance of regular development and maturation of the Central Neural System of neonates in the first year of life, associated to the environmental conditions in which they are inserted, justifies the scientific relevance of this research. Our objective is to describe the influence of stress factors on hospitalized neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a teaching hospital. Methods: Cross-sectional study with convenience sampling. The participants were observed in moments that were identified as being of highest and lowest exposition to stress factors, thus sound pressure, illuminance, quantity of procedures, presence of pain, and the indicators of vital signs expressed by the patients’ monitors were registered. Results: Thirteen neonates, predominantly moderate premature babies of low weight, of c-section birth, average age of 8.0 ± 5.9 days, mostly female and breathing room air, were evaluated. We noted that stress factors produced significant increase of the heart rate (sound pressure: p=0.001, illuminance: p<0.001, procedures: p=0.022), occurring the same with the respiratory rate (sound pressure: p<0.001, illuminance: p=0.022, procedures: p<0.001) and score obtained in the Neonatal Pain Evaluation Scale (sound pressure: p=0.001, illuminance: p=0.016, procedures: p<0.003), besides the reduction of peripheral oxygen saturation (sound pressure: p=0.011, illuminance: p=0.024, procedures: p<0.016), when comparing the periods of highest and lowest exposition. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate the negative impact of environmental factors and its influence on the vital signs of hospitalized neonates.

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Robson Ourives Barbosa, Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.

Programa de Residência Multiprofissional Integrada em Saúde.

Alessandra Emmanouilidis, Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.

Programa de Residência Multiprofissional Integrada em Saúde.

Andrea Lúcia Gonçalves da Silva, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.

Departamento de Educação Física e Saúde.

Tania Cristina Malezan Fleig, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.

Departamento de Educação Física e Saúde.

Carolina Barbosa Silva, Hospital Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.

Departamento de Enfermagem.

Dannuey Machado Cardoso, Faculdade Dom Alberto, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.

Curso de Graduação em Fisioterapia.

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Published

2020-01-11

How to Cite

Barbosa, R. O., Emmanouilidis, A., da Silva, A. L. G., Fleig, T. C. M., Silva, C. B., & Cardoso, D. M. (2020). Influence of stress factors on the vital signs of neonates under intensive care. Revista De Epidemiologia E Controle De Infecção, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.17058/.v1i1.13449

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