Effect of stimulation ( by stroking babies cheeks, chin, lips, tongue and gum)on spoon feed and breast feed initiation.

Completed

• Conditions: hemodynamically,neurologically stable preterm neonates and in transition time from tube feed to oral feeds

• Registration Number: CTRI/2014/07/004720
• Lead Sponsor: PGIMER Chandigarh

Brief Summary

this is a randomized control trial to assess the effect of oromotor stimulation along with routine care (non-nutritive sucking,KMC) on the feeding performance of preterm neonates admitted in the neonatal unit of nehru hospital PGIMER  chandigarh.the patients were assessed for inclusion criteria and assigned to two groups(control and intervention group) randomly.one group was given routine care only and intervention or experimental group was given oromotor stimulation in addition to routine care. outcomes like sucking pattern , spoon  feed ingestion rate , feeding mode were assessed every 5th day in both the groups.neonates in both groups were observed and followed till their discharge. at discharge the transition time to reach spoon feed and breast feed was noted and compared.  both the groups were compared for their feeding efficacy improvement on the basis of all mentioned variables

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-07-15
• Last Update Posted: 2014-06-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1.Preterm neonates of gestational age 28-34 weeks 2.Babies who are in transition from tube to oral feeds 3.Babies free of apnea,not in shock,not on CPAP/Ventilator 4.Babies getting Non-nutritive sucking and KMC as routine care.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1.Babies having respiratory distress.
• 2.On CPAP/Ventilator 3.Hemo-dynamically unstable babies 4.Neonates having congenital malformations.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
feeding efficacy of preterm babies,suck pattern improvement,feed ingestion rate	feeding efficacy of preterm babies,suck pattern improvement,feed ingestion rate were assessed first at enrollment and after that every 5th day till dicharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
transition time to reach spoon feed, breast feed	till discharge of patient

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

neonatal unit ,nehru hospital, PGIMER; 🇮🇳 Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India

neonatal unit ,nehru hospital, PGIMER

🇮🇳Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India

poonam bala

Principal investigator

9815703415

bpoonam21@yahoo.com