ArticleBMC pediatrics2022
Cue-based feeding and short-term health outcomes of premature infants in newborn intensive care units: a non-randomized trial.
Article in BMC pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07136610 (Standardized Application of Feeding Evaluations Using SMART Tool), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Standardized Application of Feeding Evaluations Using SMART Tool
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Developmental care for preterm infants: a scoping review of interventions, outcomes, and implementation contexts.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Feeding and swallowing difficulties in previously hospitalised premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: Perspectives from South African caregivers.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2025Article
- What Influences Maternal Stress in The NICU Among Mothers of Preterm Infants?Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Evaluating stress and it associated factors in mothers of preterm infants in NICU: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Cue-based feeding in the NICU-a pathway to earlier oral feeding of preterm infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Effect of cue-based feeding on time to nipple feed and time to discharge in very low birth weight infants.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Association between incubator standards and newborn nosocomial infection with machine-learning prediction.Translational pediatrics · 2023Article
- Oral feeding skills in premature infants: A concept analysis.Belitung nursing journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundFeedings based on behavioral cues is a method relying on infants' behavioral expressions of readiness to feed. The objective of this interventional study was to determine the effect of cue-based feeding on the short-term health outcomes of preterm infants.
methodsThis quasi-experimental study utilized a historical or phase lag design. It involved 60 preterm infants admitted to an Iranian referral hospital's Level III-Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) from April 2017 until January 2018. The experimental group (n = 30) received a three-step intervention of offering behavioral-cue-based oral (BCBO) feedings: Step 1 - One BCBO feeding every 12 hours for 3 days; Step 2 - Two BCBO feedings every 12 h for 3 days; and Step 3 - All feedings as BCBO feedings for 3 days. The control group received standard care feedings. Group difference data were analyzed with SPSS version 16 using descriptive and inferential statistics.
resultsThe infants' mean weight at time of discharge for the intervention and control groups were 1492.79 ± 21.65 g and 1395.71 ± 17.61 g (P = .003) respectively. The mean durations of achieving full oral feedings in the intervention and control groups were 17 ± 6 and 20 ± 11 days, respectively (P = .19). The mean frequencies of hypoxia were 1 ± 1.54 and 5 ± 9.31 respectively (P = .03) and of gavage feedings 725 ± 584 and 1846 ± 2097 respectively (P = .009). No apnea events were reported for the intervention group; the frequency of apnea in the control group was 1 ± 2.11 (P = .16).
conclusionThe findings indicate that cue-based feeding is beneficial for preterm infants. Therefore, it is recommended that nurses employ cue-based feeding in the NICU.
trial registrationIRCTID: IRCT20170828035962N2. Registered 27 may 2018 - Retrospectively registered, https://en.irct.ir/trial/27024 .
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