Effects of Oral Stimulation and Supplemental Nursing System

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breastfeeding

Treatments: Device: Oral motor stimulation (OMS) and The supplemental nursing system (SNS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05087043

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral stimulation and a supplemental nursing system on the time to full maternal breastfeeding and sucking success in preterm infants.

Full description

This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral stimulation and a supplemental nursing system on the time to full maternal breastfeeding and sucking success in preterm infants. The sample consisted of 70 preterm babies. Oral motor stimulation and a supplemental nursing system were applied to the preterm infants in the experimental group, while no intervention was applied to those in the control group.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 30 days old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• a birth weight of 1,000 gr and above,
• a gestational age between 30 and 34 weeks,
• no congenital anomaly,
• no severe asphyxia or chronic lung disease,
• spontaneous breathing,
• grades III and IV intracranial hemorrhage and no periventricular leukomalacia

exclusion criteria.

• congenital anomaly
• grades III and IV intracranial hemorrhage and periventricular leukomalacia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Oral Stimulation and Supplemental Nursing System group

Experimental group

Description:

Oral motor Stimulation (OMS) and an Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) were applied to preterm infants in the experimental group.

Treatment:

Device: Oral motor stimulation (OMS) and The supplemental nursing system (SNS)

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The clinic's routine feeding protocol was applied to the babies in the control group.