The Effect of Early Skin Contact Combined With Breastfeeding on Oral Feeding in Premature Infants ≤30 Weeks of Gestation
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Premature
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
- Enrollment
- 148
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Transition time from the initiation oral feeding to full oral feeding
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Skin-to-skin combined with breastfeeding shortened the cycle of full-oral feeding in premature infants
Detailed Description
This study is conducted at the level 3 NICU of the Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, a tertiary medical center. Infants admitted to the NICU are all outborn infants. The study is approved by the Ethics Committee of the Children's Hospital of Fudan University. Signed parental consent is obtained before participants'entry into the study. The RCT is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of skin-to-skin combined with breastfeeding reduce the transition time from tube feeding to independent oral feeding. The recruited infants are assigned to intervention group and control group. Data are presented as means ± sds for continuous variables with normal distribution and percentages (%) for categorical variables. One-way analysis of variance and Fisher exact test is used to compare infants' baseline characteristics among the two groups. All statistical analyses are conducted using SPSS. A p value of less than 0.05 is regarded as statistically significant.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •gestational age ≤30 weeks
- •birth weight \< 1500g
- •age of admission \<72 hours
- •no congenital malformation
Exclusion Criteria
- •mother has trouble in communicating
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Transition time from the initiation oral feeding to full oral feeding
Time Frame: During the procedure
Transition time was defined as the days needed from introduction of oral feeding to obtain autonomous oral feeding when the nasogastric tube was removed and all the daily milk volume was taken from the bottle.
Secondary Outcomes
- Exclusive breastfeeding at discharge(During the hospitalization, an average of 2 to 3 months)