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Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2004

Effect of bottles, cups, and dummies on breast feeding in preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial.

Carmel T Collins, Philip Ryan, Caroline A Crowther, Andrew J McPhee, Susan Paterson, Janet E Hiller

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readClinical TrialMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06883903 (The Effect of Day-Night Cycle on the Transition Time to Full Enteral Feeding in Preterm Newborns Receiving Oropharyngeal Colostrum), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06883903 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Day-Night Cycle on the Transition Time to Full Enteral Feeding in Preterm Newborns Receiving Oropharyngeal Colostrum

TypeinterventionalSponsorBiruni UniversityRan2022 to 2022Enrolled60ConditionsFull Enteral Nutrition, the Day and Night CycleArmsday-night cycle application, routine practice
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Infant pacifiers for reduction in risk of sudden infant death syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  9. Early additional food and fluids for healthy breastfed full-term infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  14. Oral stimulation for promoting oral feeding in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carmel T CollinsDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery Research and Practice Development, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia. collinsct@mail.wch.sa.gov.au
Philip Ryan
Caroline A Crowther
Andrew J McPhee
Susan Paterson
Janet E Hiller
University of Adelaide · AUWomen's and Children's Hospital · AUMercy Hospital for Women · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine the effect of artificial teats (bottle and dummy) and cups on breast feeding in preterm infants.

designRandomised controlled trial.

settingTwo large tertiary hospitals, 54 peripheral hospitals.

participants319 preterm infants (born at 23-33 weeks' gestation) randomly assigned to one of four groups: cup/no dummy (n = 89), cup/dummy (n = 72), bottle/no dummy (n = 73), bottle/dummy (n = 85). Women with singleton or twin infants < 34 weeks' gestation who wanted to breastfeed were eligible to participate.

interventionsCup or bottle feeding occurred when the mother was unable to be present to breast feed. Infants randomised to the dummy groups received a dummy on entry into the trial.

main outcome measuresFull breast feeding (compared with partial and none) and any breast feeding (compared with none) on discharge home. SECONDARY OUTCOMES: prevalence of breast feeding at three and six months after discharge and length of hospital stay.

results303 infants (and 278 mothers) were included in the intention to treat analysis. There were no significant differences for any of the study outcomes according to use of a dummy. Infants randomised to cup feeds were more likely to be fully breast fed on discharge home (odds ratio 1.73, 95% confidence interval 1.04 to 2.88, P = 0.03), but had a longer length of stay (hazard ratio 0.71, 0.55 to 0.92, P = 0.01).

conclusionsDummies do not affect breast feeding in preterm infants. Cup feeding significantly increases the likelihood that the baby will be fully breast fed at discharge home, but has no effect on any breast feeding and increases the length of hospital stay.

Indexed as

Infant, PrematureAdultBottle FeedingBreast FeedingFemaleHumansInfant EquipmentInfant, NewbornLength of StayPacifiersTreatment Refusal

Identifiers

PMID15208209
PMCPMC487729
OpenAlexW2158168633

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