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Effects of Oral Stimulation in Preterm Infants

NCT03911674 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2019-04-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Preterm infants with gestational age inferior to 34 weeks were included in the study. A prospective experimental group received the oral stimulation protocol and the effects of the intervention were compared with a historical control group that did not receive any oral stimulation intervention.

The study hypothesis is that oral stimulation in preterm infants has beneficial effects on the feeding performance, the length of hospitalization and anthropometric variables, including weight at discharge, height at discharge and head circumference at discharge.

Conditions

  • Premature Infant
  • Eating Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Oral manual stimulation of feeding in preterm infants

Manual stimulation of the cheeks (internal and external), lips, gums, tongue and palate by finger-strokin.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • CEU San Pablo University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
7 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2018-04-01
Completion
2018-04-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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