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UnknownNCT06204263
The Effect of the Finger Feeding Method Premature Babies
The Effect of the Finger Feeding Method Applied by Fathers on the Transition Time to Oral Feeding and Sucking Success in Premature Babies
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 64 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years – 45 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study aimed to determine the effect of the finger feeding method applied by fathers on the transition time to oral feeding and sucking success in premature babies.
Detailed description
Premature babies followed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will be randomly divided into two groups: control group and finger-feeding group. Babies in the experimental group will be breastfed by their father three times a day. Before nasogastric feeding, the baby will be allowed to suck his finger by putting his finger in his mouth for five minutes three times a day. This procedure will be applied three times a day (morning, noon and evening) for a full 7 days. Babies in the control group will be given only routine ward care (breast milk or formula via tube without stimulation of the pacifier or mother's finger). Preterm Baby Monitoring Form and LATCH Breastfeeding Diagnostic Measurement Tool will be used to determine the transition time to oral feeding and breastfeeding success.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | finger feeding | The fathers of premature babies in intensive care will be interviewed and an educational booklet will be prepared about finger feeding, cleaning, hygiene, hand washing, the importance of sucking, and the rules to be followed to prevent infection in the newborn, and how to apply it will be explained by the researcher. Babies will be breastfed three times a day for seven days. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2024-02-15
- Primary completion
- 2024-02-20
- Completion
- 2024-08-20
- First posted
- 2024-01-12
- Last updated
- 2024-01-12
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06204263. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.