Oral Stimulation for improving Feeding Performance and weight gain in Preterm Neonates
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Preterm neonates with feeding problem
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/05/008630
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Medical College and Hospital Vadodara
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Inclusion Criteria
Preterms born between 30- 34 weeksâ?? gestation age, hemodynamically stable and receiving at least 200 ml/kg motherâ??s milk as gavage feeds were included.
Exclusion Criteria
Neonates with medical complications like grade III or IV intraventricular hemorrhage, severe perinatal asphyxia, severe sepsis, congenital disease or malformation and those on formula feeds were excluded. The babies who deteriorated or became unstable during intervention period, were also excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Oral feeding performance (assessed by overall volume intake and rate of milk transfer)Timepoint: Day of initiation of intervention, fifth day of intervention and on independent oral feeding.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The length of hospital stayTimepoint: Admission till discharge;Time to attainment of independent oral feedingTimepoint: Day of initiation, then daily till the day of full attainment;Weight gainTimepoint: Daily