NCT06129266

Oral Care With Breast Milk in Preterm Newborns Fed by Tube

Oral Care With Breast Milk in Preterm Newborns Fed by Tube:A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karabuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 28 Weeks – 33 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

It was conducted to evaluate Oral Care with Breast Milk in Preterm Newborns Fed by Tube

Detailed description

Newborns selected according to the randomization group will receive nursing care, including oral care and feeding, from the same person twice a day, at 09:00 in the morning and 15:00 in the afternoon. Breast milk (BM) will be used for oral care. At each treatment, two ml BM should be dropped onto sterile gauze to clean the cheeks, tongue and palate. Process steps; After hand hygiene is achieved, it will be done using disposable gloves.

Conditions

• Breastmilk
• Oral Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	oral care with breastmilk	No intervention will be applied to the control group other than oral care with sterile distilled water, which is routine clinical practice.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-15
• Primary completion: 2024-04-23
• Completion: 2024-06-21
• First posted: 2023-11-13
• Last updated: 2024-06-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)