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Early Initiation of Oral Feeding Versus Traditional Feeding Post Caesarean Section

NCT06539117 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 153

Last updated 2024-08-06

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Summary

Early initiation of oral feeding, within 6-12 hours post-caesarean section, has been noticed to be well tolerated by patients and helps them recover fast. Our study aimed to evaluate the tolerability, safety and benefits of early oral feeding post-caesarean section.

Conditions

  • Complication
  • Postoperative

Interventions

OTHER

Early feeding post caesarean section

In this group, participants were encouraged to commence oral sips of 150 millilitres of water from 6 hours post-caesarean delivery by the staff nurse. Thereafter, they were given semi-solid diet (250 milliliter of pap) from the 12th hour, and subsequently solid diet (a plate of well- cooked rice) by the trained nursing staff.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Darlington-Peter Chibuzor Ugoji

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • DARLINTON-PETER CHIBUZOR C UGOJI, MBBS · Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-15
Primary Completion
2023-12-15
Completion
2023-12-15

Countries

  • Nigeria

Study Locations

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