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The Effect of Oral massage and Non Nutritive Sucking on Independent Oral Feeding Performance in Preterm Infants Hospitalized in NICU of Tabriz Al-Zahra Hospital

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Other preterm infants.
28 completed weeks or more but less than 37 completed weeks (196 completed days but less than 259 completed days) of gestation.
Registration Number
IRCT201105304613N7
Lead Sponsor
Research Deputy of Medical Sciences of Tabriz University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
81
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:28-32 weeks gestation age, have Stability of physiological , doesn’t present illness and congenital abnormalities, especially in the jaw, mouth and palate as well as heart and lung disease are not serious, not be NPO and receiving full tube feeding.

Exclusion Criteria

If the diagnosis of neuromuscular problems, cardiovascular disease and congenital anomalies in infants or being NPO during of study or having effective nutritive sucking in first 5 days of intervention, infants will be excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time of attaining to independent oral feeding. Timepoint: each day to achieving independent oral feeding. Method of measurement: observation and recording.;Oral feeding frequency. Timepoint: daily. Method of measurement: Observation and recording.;Oral feeding duration. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Observation and recording.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of hospitalization. Timepoint: after the intervention. Method of measurement: observation and recording.
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