Nursing Care Bundle on Oral Intake Among Critically Ill Children With Post-Extubation Dysphagia

Kafrelsheikh University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

Treatments: Procedure: a nursing care bundle on oral intake

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06814457

KafrelsheikhU5

Details and patient eligibility

About

the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Nursing care Bundle on Oral Intake among Critically Ill Children with Post-Extubation Dysphagia

Full description

The researchers explained the study's aim, benefits, and procedures for participation, after that the parents of the children provided an informed consent. children's baseline data was collected from their records prior to intervention in order to identify children who meet the required criteria of the study. then the participants were selected and divided randomly (using a simple random method) into two equal groups. One subject for the control group, one for the study group, and so on, distributed the participants into two equivalent groups as fellow:

Control Group: Consisted of 30 children who will receive conventional hospital care with no additional interventions.

Study Group: Consisted of 30 children who will receive a nursing care bundle on oral intake starting the day after their successful extubation and extend for 14th days. Additionally, the participants were provided with a brief education on safe swallowing.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• undergoing emergency oral endotracheal intubation for at least 48 hours
• able to communicate and having no sensory deficit and accepted to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

• children who had a history of neuromuscular disease, preexisting swallowing problems and agitated children were excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional care group

No Intervention group

Description:

Consisted of 30 children who will receive conventional hospital care with no additional interventions.

Care bundle group

Experimental group

Description:

Consisted of 30 children who will receive a nursing care bundle for enhancing oral intake

Treatment:

Procedure: a nursing care bundle on oral intake