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Suction and Swalloing Exercises for Premature Babies

NCT06371443 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2024-07-03

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Summary

Underdeveloped oral structures of preterm infants cause feeding problems. Therefore, the development of sucking reflexes of premature babies should be supported.

This study aimed to investigate the effect of suck-swallow training on the transition to oral feeding in premature infants.

The study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental trial in the NICU of a public hospital in Istanbul. The study sample consisted of 82 premature infants. Of these infants, 41 were assigned to the experimental group and 41 to the control group. Study data were collected using the investigator-developed Premature Infant Data Collection Form and Early Feeding Skills Assessment Tool. Throughout the study, preterm infants in the experimental group (n=41) were given suck-swallow exercises for 12 minutes once a day before feeding for 14 days. SPSS21 was used to analyze the data.

Conditions

  • Premature Infant

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sucking and swallowing exercises

Sucking-swallowing exercises were applied to premature infants in the experimental group (n=41) for 14 days, once a day, 12 minutes before feeding.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elif Arslan · Medipol University

  • Aysel Kokcu Dogan · Medipol University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
34 Weeks
Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-03
Primary Completion
2022-06-01
Completion
2022-08-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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