Benefit of Mouth Exercises Given to Premature Babies to Achieve Breastfeeding
Phase 1
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: P073- Preterm [premature] newborn [other]
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/11/060341
- Lead Sponsor
- Ferzeen Mody
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
stable preterm infants, aged more than 32 weeks of gestation, referred for oromotor stimulation by the co-investigator (neonatologist), in the step down unit of the department of neonatology
Exclusion Criteria
preterm infants who have any congenital or genetic disorders which will not allow them to breastfeed in the near future; infants with necrotising enterocolitis, brain injury, cardiac complications or any illness; infants requiring assistive ventilation and infants receiving oxygen via high flow nasal cannula; mothers unable to breastfeed due to breast engorgement, poor milk flow, inverted nipple or any other complications.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method scores on the Early Feeding Skills Assessment ScaleTimepoint: baseline, day on which 1 direct breastfeed and 4 direct breastfeeds have been attained
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method days taken to achieve 1 & 4 direct breastfeeding sessions, weight & age at which one & four successful direct breastfeeds were attainedTimepoint: baseline, days at which one & four successful direct breastfeeds are achieved