title: Use of facilitated tucking for nonpharmacological pain management in preterm infants: a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Neonatal care demands attention to interventions that effectively reduce pain with pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods in preterm infants during invasive procedures.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this systematic review was to determine the efficacy of facilitated tucking as nonpharmacological pain management in preterm infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Electronic searches were conducted using the following databases: Ovid, Blackwell Synergy, ScienceDirect, PsychINFO, and CINAHL and with the following key words: facilitated tucking, preterm infant's pain responses, and randomized clinical trials for the period of 1995 to May 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The search generated 15 articles; 5 articles fit to the criteria of the systematic review. The following outcomes were statistically significant: heart rate; increase in oxygen saturation; sleep-wake state; Premature Infant Pain Profile scores; and neonate infant pain scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The studies reviewed provide important preliminary findings that suggest facilitated tucking may be beneficial to preterm infants in attenuating their responses to painful procedures.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Princess Muna College of Nursing, Amman, Jordan. obeidathala@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hala
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Obeidat
authors.forename: Inaam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kahalaf
authors.forename: Lynn Clark
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Callister
authors.forename: Erika Sivarajan
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Froelicher
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010147:Pain Measurement; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014110:Touch