NCT03349151

Postoperative Results of Early Versus On-demand Maternal Feeding After Cesarean Delivery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 262 (actual)
• Sponsor: Acibadem University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To compare early versus on demand maternal feeding after cesarean delivery regarding gastrointestinal complaints and patient's satisfaction.

Detailed description

Two hundred uncomplicated singleton term pregnancies who had caesarean section under regional anaesthesia will be included in our trial. Patients will be randomized to a soft food diet (honey, skimmed cheese, soup, mashed potatoe, pudding, grissini) served on postoperative 2nd hour or whenever they wanted to eat on return to the ward. Thirty minutes after they eat their meal, nausea, vomiting, ileus and distention will be questioned. Participants will be provided with the visual analogue scale (VAS), which will be presented with a statement explaining what was intended to measure. Patient satisfaction before discharge from hospital will be recorded by the patient by using a 100-mm VAS (0= minimum satisfaction, 100= maximum satisfaction). Time to first flatus passage and defecation will be recorded after the caesarean section.

Conditions

• Cesarean Delivery
• Feeding Patterns
• Patient Satisfaction
• Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Early feeding	Feeding on postoperative 2nd hour on return to the ward
BEHAVIORAL	On- Demand feeding	Feeding whenever the patient asks for on return to the ward

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-19
• Primary completion: 2018-03-10
• Completion: 2018-03-10
• First posted: 2017-11-21
• Last updated: 2019-08-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)