Status:
COMPLETED
The Impact of Positioning on Bottle-feeding in Preterm Infants. A Comparative Study PMMHHRI-2018/V/9-SZB
Lead Sponsor:
Polish Mother Memorial Hospital Research Institute
Conditions:
Bottle Feeding
Premature
Eligibility:
All Genders
32+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
One of the challenges of modern neonatology is to identify the right and effective method that can improve oral feeding. Optimal feeding position may contribute to improving the quality and safety of ...
Detailed Description
PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to compare the advantages of semi-elevated (SEP) with side-lying positioning (SLP) during bottle-feeding of preterm infants. METHOD: The study included forty two neo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- circulatory and respiratory stability;
- readiness for oral feeding according to each child's Speech-Language Pathologist assessment;
- prematurely born infants who were in the process of being transferred from enteral nutrition (or enteral nutrition + parenteral nutrition) to full oral feeding and were fed orally at least 4- 6 times within twenty-four hours;
- parents gave informed consent to participate their infant in the study.
Exclusion
- disorders which could significantly affect the feeding course, such as cleft lip and/or palate, facial paralysis and/or congenital defects of the facial skeleton;
- the presence of detected congenital abnormalities and metabolic diseases; low Apgar score (less than 5 points at the 5th and 10th minute of the measurement);
- administered analgesics, anticonvulsants and sedatives;
- \<72 hours from extubation prior the trial;
- parents refusal to participate in the study or when bottle-feeding was not the parental preference.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 19 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 20 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
42 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04773613
Start Date
July 19 2018
End Date
April 20 2020
Last Update
September 24 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital- Research Institute
Lodz, Poland, 93-338