Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40899386›Full record

ArticlePhysical & occupational therapy in pediatrics2026

Feeding Therapy and its Relationship to Timing of Independent Oral Feeding for Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Tiana T Nguyen, Roberta Pineda, Stacey Reynolds, Elizabeth E Rogers, Audrey E Kane

Abstract readClinical Study
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tiana T NguyenDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Roberta PinedaChan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Stacey ReynoldsDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Elizabeth E RogersDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Audrey E KaneDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.

Funding

NRSA Training CoreTL1TR001871 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M., SOMSOUK, MA · 2016 to 2025
$10.1M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001871
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo examine the relationship between feeding therapy and the timing of independent oral feeding (IOF) in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDY

designA retrospective analysis of 536 preterm infants (<37 wk gestation) admitted to a level IV NICU between January 2017 and December 2019 was conducted. Clinical and therapy data were extracted from the electronic health record to examine associations between feeding therapy utilization and feeding outcomes.

resultsMedically complex infants were more likely to receive a feeding therapy referral (

conclusionEarly initiation of feeding therapy may help expedite IOF. Timely referrals can support oral motor development and improve feeding outcomes in preterm infants. The lack of association with frequency may reflect staffing limitations that impacted consistent therapy delivery rather than a true absence of benefit.

Indexed as

Feeding BehaviorFeeding MethodsInfant, PrematureTime-to-TreatmentFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, NeonatalMaleRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeFeeding therapyindependent oral feedingoccupational therapyoral motor developmentpreterm infantsspeech-language pathology

Identifiers

PMID40899386
PMCPMC12481996

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.