Effects of Abdominal Massage on Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Feeding Tolerance inInfants.; Other feeding problems of newborn

• Registration Number: IRCT2016072723216N3
• Lead Sponsor: Vice Chancellor for Research, Isfahan University of Medcal Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

infants should be in the 28-32 week-old age range; infants should weigh1000-1800 grams; infants who have a medical prescription for a daily feeding of at least 20 cc/kg; infants who are breastfed; infants who suffer from feeding intolerance; infants should have no history of ileus (gastrointestinal atony), abdominal surgery, or any other problem forbidding them to receive abdominal massage; infants should be fed through the orogastric tube; parents should give consent to the examination of their infants; preterm infants should never suffer from major congenital anomalies such as congenital heart disease, digestive-system disorders, hypoxic injury, respiratory failure with mechanical ventilation, history of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), or (suspected) sepsis; preterm infants should show no symptoms of intracranial hemorrhage; preterm infants should never need a ventilator.
Exclusion criteria: parents’ withdrawal for infants’ participation in the study; infants’ discharge or death before the end of the intervention period; infants’ becoming unwell in the course of illness and during the study, which would interfere with the intervention for any reason.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gastric residual volume. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: with syring.;Abdomen circumferenc. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: With meter.;Vomiting. Timepoint: Every working shift. Method of measurement: Frequency.;Defecation. Timepoint: Every working shift. Method of measurement: Frequency.