Purpose: Newborns go through biochemical and physiological changes involving all their systems in the first days of their lives and may experience difficulties in adapting to extrauterine life due to various reasons. For newborns whose systems are still immature, leaving the warm, dark, quiet, calm, fluid-filled mother's womb and placing them in the intensive care unit with many stimuli creates intense stress and negatively affects the sleep-wake order necessary for brain development and maturation. Newborns have extensive sleep requirements for the development of their neurosensory system. It is known that the brain activity of newborns in the intrauterine period is similar to the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep activity, and they sleep more than adults and spend most of their sleep in the REM sleep period.Therefore, sleep quality in the newborn period is directly related to healthy development.In this direction, our research was carried out to examine the effects of fetal position and white noise on stress and sleep in newborns with nasal CPAP(Continuous Positive Airway Pressure). Design and Methods: . This randomized experimental study was conducted on 108 newborns at the gestational week of 26 or higher in the newborn intensive care unit of a university hospital. The researcher applied white noise (n:36), and facilitated tucking(n:36) to the newborns. The control group (n: 36) received no intervention except for the routine clinical practices. Facilitated tucking white noise interventions were applied to the newborns included in study for 24 hours, their stress levels were monitored with the neonatal stress scale, and their sleep durations were monitored with a sleep-wakefulness measurement device and recorded in the newborn follow-up form. Statistical analysis was performed using percentages, means, and ANOVA test.
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Changes in sleep
Timeframe: 24 hours