Validity and reliability of test weighing (weighing before and after a feed) in term and preterm neonates according to a standardized validated test weighing technique in clinical practice.
Completed
- Conditions
- milk intake breast feedingtest weighing10003018
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON38895
- Lead Sponsor
- IJssellandziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
Infants, admitted to the neonatal ward of the IJsselland Hospital, a general hospital in the Netherlands.
The infants meet the following criteria: postconceptional age on day of study between 34 and 44 weeks, with or without feeding tube, iv drip and infusion splint, monitor lead wires.
The infants are bottle fed mothermilk or formula with volumes at least 10 ml
Exclusion Criteria
Clinically unstable neonates, assessment of clinical stability by the attending pediatrician.
Neonates who required continuous connection to monitors
Neonates who are not able to drink from bottle
Exclusively breastfed neonates
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome of this study is the degree of accuracy of the weighing<br /><br>result set against the actual milk intake.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Will devices, which are connected to the neonate during test weighing (monitor<br /><br>wires, pulse oximeter, infusion lines), affect the accuracy of the test<br /><br>weighing? </p><br>