Test weighing: determining precision using a ‘double-check weighing’ method
- Conditions
- breast feedingKeywords:English-Test weighing-breastfeeding-Milk intake-PrecisionNL:-Test wegen-Borstvoeding-Intake-Precisie
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25516
- Lead Sponsor
- VieCuri Medical centreTegelseweg 2105915 BL Venlo
- Brief Summary
Haase, B., et al., The development of an accurate test weighing technique for preterm and high-risk hospitalized infants. Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 2009. 4(3): p. 151-6.<br> Savenije, O.E. and P.L. Brand, Accuracy and precision of test weighing to assess milk intake in newborn infants. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 2006. 91(5): p. F330-2
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Admission in the neonatal ward.
-Bottle or fully nasogastric fed infants
Exclusion Criteria
-If the treating pediatrician finds the infant to be too unstable for the extra weighing.
-If, according tot the treating pediatrician, the infant requires minimal handling.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method precision of test weighing, using a double-check weighing method for 2 scales in 2 groups: intake up to 20cc and 20cc and more
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -Accuracy of test weighing, using a double-check weighing method for 2 scales in 2 groups: intake up to 20cc and 20cc and more. <br /><br>-accuracy and precision including and excluding infants with monitor leads or intravenous lines<br /><br>-Accuracy and precision including and excluding infants who vomited, or where milk was spilled.<br /><br>-The influence of the childs state on accuracy and precision of test weighing. <br /><br>-The influence of the pre feed weight on the precision of test weighing.<br><br /> -The influence of the intake as a continuous variable on the precision of test weighing.