Effect of Prefeeding Oral Stimulation Technique on Reaching to Full Oral Feeding in Preterm Newborn in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Ismalia City
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Oral stimulation is used as an effective treatment strategy to enhance oral feeding performance of preterm neonates with feeding problems to attain total oral feeding as soon as possible. Aim: was to assess the effect of prefeeding oral stimulation technique on reaching to full oral feeding in preterm neonates in neonatal intensive care units in Ismailia city. Quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: Neonatal intensive care unit of Suez Canal University Hospital in Ismailia city. A convenient sample of 60 preterm neonates, divided randomly into 30 for the study group and 30 for the control group. Tools: two tools used for data collection:1) Biophysiological assessment record to assess personal data, physiological measurement and feeding performance of preterm neonates. 2) Early feeding skills likert scale to assess oral feeding ability of preterm neonates. Results: revealed that the majority of the study group in the 3rd day was on oral feeding. In the 3rd day, study group had higher mean milk intake than the control group. Also, the control group had higher mean milk leakage and higher mean oral feeding duration than the study group. There was statistical positive correlation between preterm neonates ' total score of early feeding skills and their gestational age in the study group. Conclusion: the study group neonate started oral feeding early, received higher mean milk intake and had less mean milk leakage than the control group. All preterm neonates in both the study and control group had no adverse reactions during the three days of the study neither before nor after oral feeding. Recommendations: Start oral stimulation technique for preterm neonates immediately after his admission to NICU before developing feeding difficulties and replication of the study on larger sample of the preterm neonates and in other study setting to generalizability the results.
Authors and Affiliations
Hanaa Tharwat Mohamed El-Shahat, Gehan Ahmed EL Samman, Amina Mohamed Abd Elwahab, Manal Farouk Mohamed
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