Skin-to-skin contact as a pain-relieving procedure for infants during heel lances

Skin-to-skin contact has been proven as an effective pain-relieving procedure. This observational study investigated the association between skin-to-skin contact and change of COMFORTneo score, heart rate, and oxygen saturation in 67 infants with and in 108 infants without skin-to-skin contact during heel lance procedures.