Oral Motor Intervention for Preterm Babies (PIOMI)

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Preterm Babies

Treatments: Other: Breast milk-scented PIOMI; Other: Breast milk-tasting PIOMI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06046157

B. 30.2. ATA.0.01.00/702

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of oral motor intervention (PIOMI) applied to preterm babies along with the smell and taste of breast milk on feeding parameters and the transition time to oral feeding. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does affect nutritional parameters PIOMI with the smell of breast milk?
• Does affect nutritional parameters PIOMI with breast milk taste? Participants will consist of breast milk-scented PIOMI, breast milk-tasting PIOMI and control groups.

Researchers will compare breast milk-scented PIOMI, breast milk-tasting PIOMI and control groups to see if early feeding skills.

Full description

The preterm newborn population is potentially unable to be fed orally for a long time during the postnatal period. Since the physiological functions of preterm babies have not yet matured, their adaptation to the external uterine environment is more complicated. This also means long hospital stays for premature babies. One of the main criteria for a preterm baby to be discharged from the hospital is to be able to feed orally.

Premature oral motor intervention (PIOMI) is included in the literature as one of the treatment programs to improve the oral motor control and neurobehavioral status of preterm babies. No study design has been found regarding PIOMI, which is applied to preterm babies with the smell and taste of breast milk. This research was planned to evaluate the effect of oral motor intervention (PIOMI) applied to preterm babies along with the smell and taste of breast milk on feeding parameters.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 28 to 32 weeks old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Breastfed,
• Preterm babies with a gestational age of 28-32 weeks,
• No facial deformity,
• No respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal or neurological disorders or syndromes that would prevent or complicate oral feeding,
• It will produce preterm babies who are not fed orally but are fed via tube (orogastric).

Exclusion criteria

• Having respiratory distress,
• Babies who do not receive informed consent form from the parents will not be included.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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24 participants in 3 patient groups

Breast milk-scented PIOMI

Experimental group

Description:

During PIOMI application, the baby will be smelled his/her own breast milk.

Treatment:

Other: Breast milk-scented PIOMI

Breast milk-tasting PIOMI

Experimental group

Description:

During PIOMI application, the baby will be able to taste his own breast milk. The finger on which PIOMI was applied will be immersed in breast milk.

Treatment:

Other: Breast milk-tasting PIOMI

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Only PIOMI application will be made.