Gestational Age
Conditions
Interventions
This is a two-arm, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial. In the control group will be 40 babies and newborns or preterm newborns allocated, before feeding time, for 3 consecutive days an
Sponsors
Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
Eligibility
Age
30 Weeks to 36 Weeks
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Newborns conceived, with a gestational age of 37 weeks according to the corrected gestational age; preterm newborn who have not yet started offering oral feeding
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Presence of genetic syndromes congenital malformations of the head and neck or central nervous system; neurological disorders; clinical instability at the beginning and throughout the study based on the analysis of the medical team on respiratory and cardiac instability of the newborn; levels saturation below 90%; respiratory rate above 60 or any other intercurrences that make speech-language intervention impossible
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate the progression in days to full oral route from the application of the Oral Sensory Motor Stimulation Program. It will be considered full oral route, the acceptance, by this route, of the entire prescribed volume, in eight consecutive feedings.;To evaluate the progression in days to full oral route from the application of the Oral Sensory Motor Stimulation Program associated with the Swallowing Training. It will be considered full oral route, the acceptance, by this route, of the entire prescribed volume, in eight consecutive feedings. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find an improvement in the score obtained in the Preterm Preterm Readiness Protocol for Initiation of Oral Feeding pre and post intervention.;It is expected to compare, at the end of the application of the Intervention Programs, the Oral Ability Level between the control and experimental groups.;Through the analysis and time records, it is expected to obtain the number of days elapsed between the beginning of partial oral feeding by bottle, until the total oral feeding and removal of the tube.;It is expected to obtain, through the counting of time, how many days will elapse until hospital discharge after the full establishment of the oral route. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactSheila de Almeida
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
Outcome results
None listed