Tactile/kinesthetic Stimulus Program
The Effect of the Tactile/kinesthetic Stimulus Program on the Maturation of Sucking Ability in Preterm Infants
Gonca Karatas Baran
80 participants
Aug 1, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The study will be carried out as a prospective randomized controlled clinical study to determine the effect of tactile/kinesthetic stimulus program on preterm infants on transition time to full sucking, sucking success and hospital stay.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria8
- Born between 28-32 weeks of gestation,
- Stable vital signs,
- st and 5th minute APGAR score between 6-10,
- Babies who have received mechanical ventilator or continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) or both support after 48 hours have passed after stabilization,
- Does not have an anomaly that will prevent feeding,
- Oral feeding decision has been made,
- Babies of mothers who are willing to breastfeed their babies,
- Babies of parents who volunteered to participate in the study will be taken.
Exclusion Criteria9
- IUGG,
- Infants with severe asphyxia,
- Babies born with low birth weight according to their gestational week,
- Having an anomaly that will prevent her from feeding,
- Babies with unstable vital signs,
- Babies with congenital anomalies or serious complications
- Infants with intraventricular bleeding.
- Dismissal Criteria
- • Babies whose oral feeding process is interrupted for more than 1 day due to neonatal problems.
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Interventions
Tactile/kinesthetic stimulation is performed in three stages. In the first stage; for tactile stimulation; The baby is placed in the prone (prone) position in the incubator. Light massage was applied in the head, shoulder, back, legs and arms of the infants. Each massage is applied 12 times for 1 minute. Massage was performed for 5 seconds. In the second stage Kinesthetic stimulation, including elbow flexion-extension movement, palm massages, flexion-extension of the knees and legs and plantar massages, was applied while the neonate was in supine position. Each kinesthetic stimulation was performed for 5 seconds. Each movement was repeated six times, with a total duration of 5 minutes. Tactile stimulation was repeated once after kinesthetic stimulation. The total duration of TKS was 15 minutes which was performed three times daily preferably between breastfeeding or bottle feeding for 14 consecutive days.
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NCT05486663