Effectiveness of oil massage on selected behavioral responses among normal newborns in selected urban areas, Salem

A study to evaluate the effectiveness of oil massage on selected behavioral response among normal newborns in selected urban areas, Salem. Quasi experimental pre and post test control group design was adopted. Non probability convenience sampling technique was used to select 60 samples, among which 30 were assigned to experimental group and 30 were assigned to control group. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the demographic variables and Modified Brazelton Newborn Behavioral Assessment Scale was used to assess the selected behavioral responses of newborns. The findings showed that in pretest 7 (23.3%) samples from experimental group and 10 (33.3%) samples from control group had good behavioral response, whereas in post test 30 (100%) samples from experimental group and 9 (30%) samples from control group had good response. The difference in mean percentage of post test among newborns in experimental and control group on selected behavioral responses was highest (32.43%) for feeding pattern and lowest (3.34%) for crying spells after oil massage. The post-test‘t’ value 20.35 at p