Bottle Feeding, Breast Feeding, Cue Based Feeding, Develomentally Supportive Care, Enteral Feeding, Preterm Infant
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this feasibility study is to assess the feasibility to implement a feeding strategy for preterm infants. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is it feasible to implement the PoP-intervention in a level 3a category Neonatal intensive care unit? * Is the PoP-intervention acceptable for parents of preterm infants and health care personnel working in Neonatal intensive care unit? Parents of preterm infants and health care personnel will be asked to follow a protocol of a feeding strategy based on the preterm infants development and cues throughout the NICU-stay.
Detailed description
The parents will be recruited before or as soon as possible after birth. The intervention will start as soon as the parents have given written consent for themselves and behalf of their infant. The intervention is developed in line with the MRC framework of developing and evaluating complex interventions in an iterative and dynamic way. The intervention will be based on parents counseling and an infant feeding protocol.
Interventions
OTHERPositive feeding of the preterm infant
Feeding strategy for the preterm infant with description of nutritional needs and based on the infants development and cues.
Sponsors
Oslo Metropolitan University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Feasibility
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* gestational age of 28 weeks * post menstrual age of 28 weeks after transition from regional hospital
Exclusion criteria
* diagnoses or malformations that makes eating difficult * triplets or more * parents not speaking/understanding Norwegian or English * parents with challenges or special needs for follow up
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment rates and sample criteria | Prospective over a period of 1 year | Variables to evaluate if we can recruit appropriate participants, the time frame it takes, the eligibility criterias, the recruitment routines. |
| Data collection and outcome variables | Prospective over a period of 1 year | How appropriate are the data collection procedures, the participants ability to complete the quiestionnaires, appropriatness of the amount of data collection, completion of datasets, |
| Acceptability | Prospective over a period of 1 year | Evaluation of acceptability of the intervention for the participants, adherence to the study procedures, the burden for participants and the health care personnell conducting the intervention, safety and adverse events |
| Resources and organisation | Prospective over a period of 1 year | Evaluation of the resources needed to conduct the study procedures, resources needed for training health care personnel or other costs related to the study |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Infant outcome variables | Prospective over a period of 1 year | A pilotstudy of the intervention with focus on the infants outcomes, such as weight gain, feeding milestones, nutrition, feeding methods, |
Countries
Norway
Contacts
Primary ContactNina M Kyno, PhD
Backup ContactLinn J Gustavsen, MSc
Outcome results
None listed