Investigating the effect of abdominal massage on the residual gastric volume and physiological responses in preterm infants
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Physiological responses. Condition 2: Gastric residual volume.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20180913041030N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Kerman University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
30 to 34 weeks of gestational age
Feeding through nasogastric tube
No need to mechanical ventilation
Exclusion Criteria
Abdominal defects and congenital anomalies
Prohibition of massage in order to physician opinion
Feeding intolerance
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Arterial oxygen saturation. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Pulseoximetery.;Heart rate. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Pulseoximetery.;Gastric residual volume. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Measurement of residual volume with syringe.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method