Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and preliminary application of the premature infant oral motor intervention in Chinese neonatal nursing practice: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Nana Wu, Xia Chen, Jie Fu, Liwen Ding, Shuang Wu, Sushan Yuan, Hong Zhou

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Nana Wu *Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

Xia Chen *Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

Jie FuNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

Liwen DingNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

Shuang WuNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

Sushan YuanNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

Hong ZhouNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

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Background: Oral motor intervention plays a critical role in facilitating nutritional intake and supporting neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. The Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention (PIOMI) is a standardized, five-minute, eight-step manual protocol designed to enhance oral-motor skills and sucking performance in very preterm infants. Aim: To translate, culturally adapt, and preliminarily validate the PIOMI for neonatal nurses in mainland China, and to pilot-test its clinical feasibility and preliminary efficacy on oral sucking performance in very-preterm infants. Design: This study employed a two-phase translation and testing approach. Phase 1 comprised Brislin's six-step translation, a two-round electronic Delphi (e-Delphi) process, and assessment of content validity and implementation consistency. Phase 2 involved a parallel-group pilot randomized controlled trial. Methods: This study cross-culturally adapted the Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention (PIOMI) into Chinese using Brislin's framework, finalized the mainland Chinese version (CMV-PIOMI) via a two-round e-Delphi expert consensus ( Results: The Delphi response rate was 85.71% ( Conclusions: The Chinese PIOMI shows satisfactory content validity and acceptable implementation consistency and is feasible for delivery by bedside nurses. Preliminary evidence suggests improved oral sucking performance in very preterm infants, but larger, fully powered multicenter trials are needed to confirm these initial findings.

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cross-cultural adaptatione-DelphiPIOMIpremature infantstranslation

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PMID42290744

DOI10.3389/fped.2026.1784065

PMCPMC13260545

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