Effectiveness of an Oral Feeding Educational Nurse Program on Feeding Performance in Preterm Neonates (TOP)

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Preterm Neonates and Feeding

Treatments: Other: Educational oral feeding nurse program

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02404272

D50855

Details and patient eligibility

About

Poor oral motor development in preterm neonates is common. Feeding problems lead to longer hospital stay and higher hospital cost. Different interventions have shown their efficacy to accelerate transition and move faster to full oral feeding autonomy. Our study aimed to evaluate the impact of a 2-year education nurse program on feeding pattern and hospital stay of preterm neonates.

This is an interrupted time series study placed in Intensive Care and Neonatal unit of an university hospital located in Lyon, France. All preterm neonates are included in the study, from April 2013 to January 2016.

Enrollment: 729 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 24 to 34 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Preterm neonates of less than 34 weeks' of gestation

• Preterm neonates not requiring surgery with endotracheal intubation

• Preterm neonates hospitalized in the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of an university hospital, Lyon.

• Preterm neonates discharged from hospital during the study period from April 2013 to January 2016

  --- Exclusion Criteria:

• Preterm neonates presenting delivery age above 34 weeks' of gestation

• Preterm neonates whose parents have expressed their opposition to participate to the study

Trial design

729 participants in 1 patient group

Preterm neonates

Description:

All preterm neonates of less than 34 weeks' of gestation admitted to the Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care unit of an university hospital located in Lyon, France

Treatment:

Other: Educational oral feeding nurse program