Evaluation of Feeding skills in Premature Neonates

Completed

Conditions: Preterm neonates

Registration Number: CTRI/2022/07/043951

Lead Sponsor: Ranavari Bhagya Sri Bai

Brief Summary: Feeding difficulties are most common complications experienced by preterm infants hospitalized in NICU and discharge from the hospital is often dependent on infants sufficient oral feeding skills achievement to accomplish appropriate growth and also the feeding difficulties are a frequent reason for prolonged length of hospital stay.

Delayed development of primitive reflexes like rooting, sucking and gag reflex leads to reduced oral readiness in premature. Lack of coordination of suck, swallow and breathe, prolonged usage of artificial ventilation via ET tube has influence on oral motor function of infant. Even the preterm infants who are not under the high risk groups (not admitted in NICU) can also present with reduced or delayed oral feeding readiness. All these factors leads to oral feeding difficulties which results in prolonged complications like aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, NEC, growth difficulties, immaturity of immune system, dysphagia which can lead to speech difficulties in further future of child. Most of the preterm present with failure to thrive and preterm mortality is high at the early neonatal period.

As the oral feeding readiness leads to such prolonged complications of an infant there is a need of early screening of oral readiness and early intervention of oral motor stimulation to prevent the complications and to increase the survival rate of preterm in neonatal period and also reduce the duration of NICU stay.

Thus this study intends to identify the oral feeding readiness in premature neonates in our setup.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Neonates of 28 â€“ 37 weeks of gestational age 2.
Neonates who are clinically stable 3.
Neonates of either gender.

Exclusion Criteria

Neonates with congenital anomalies like cleft lip, cleft palate, congenital cardiac conditions (ASD, VSD).
Neonates with facial deformities 3.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PRETERM ORAL FEEDING READINESS ASSESSMENT SCALE (POFRAS)	One Time Assessment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

Trial Locations

Locations (1): SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital
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Dharwad, KARNATAKA, India
SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital
🇮🇳Dharwad, KARNATAKA, India
Ranavari Bhagyasri Bai
Principal investigator
7981794991
bhagyaranavari@gmail.com