TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of continuous versus intermittent sucking in very-low-birth-weight infants.
AU - Shiao, S. Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper reports an extension of a previous study that was supported in part by an Individual National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship F31 NR06796, a Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Alumni Research Award, and a Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Mu Chapter, Research Award.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of continuous and intermittent sucking on breathing and sucking during oral feedings in very-low-birth-weight infants. DESIGN: A quasi-experimental, within-subjects design with random assignment. Infants were observed twice in 1 day, once with a nasogastric tube and once without, in random order. SETTING: A Midwestern university-affiliated tertiary neonatal medical center. PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen very-low-birth-weight infants without severe neurologic problems or physical anomalies. On the day of the study, postnatal days were 17-82 days (M = 47.7, SD = +/- 19.3). INTERVENTIONS: Continuous sucking and intermittent sucking periods. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Breathing parameters from prefeed to continuous sucking, and intermittent sucking to postfeed periods; and sucking parameters from continuous sucking to intermittent sucking were examined. RESULTS: Continuous sucking had more detrimental effects on infants' breathing (p < .05), with stronger sucking (p < .05) and more formula milk intake (p < .05) than intermittent sucking. Different patterns of change between continuous sucking and intermittent sucking indicated that continuous sucking affected breathing, oxygenation, and sucking more than did intermittent sucking. CONCLUSIONS: Nurses who feed very-low-birth-weight infants should learn to observe different sucking periods and breathing pauses during continuous sucking periods, particularly during the 1st minute of bottle feeding.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of continuous and intermittent sucking on breathing and sucking during oral feedings in very-low-birth-weight infants. DESIGN: A quasi-experimental, within-subjects design with random assignment. Infants were observed twice in 1 day, once with a nasogastric tube and once without, in random order. SETTING: A Midwestern university-affiliated tertiary neonatal medical center. PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen very-low-birth-weight infants without severe neurologic problems or physical anomalies. On the day of the study, postnatal days were 17-82 days (M = 47.7, SD = +/- 19.3). INTERVENTIONS: Continuous sucking and intermittent sucking periods. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Breathing parameters from prefeed to continuous sucking, and intermittent sucking to postfeed periods; and sucking parameters from continuous sucking to intermittent sucking were examined. RESULTS: Continuous sucking had more detrimental effects on infants' breathing (p < .05), with stronger sucking (p < .05) and more formula milk intake (p < .05) than intermittent sucking. Different patterns of change between continuous sucking and intermittent sucking indicated that continuous sucking affected breathing, oxygenation, and sucking more than did intermittent sucking. CONCLUSIONS: Nurses who feed very-low-birth-weight infants should learn to observe different sucking periods and breathing pauses during continuous sucking periods, particularly during the 1st minute of bottle feeding.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1997.tb02147.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1997.tb02147.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 9170595
AN - SCOPUS:0031133292
SN - 0884-2175
VL - 26
SP - 313
EP - 319
JO - Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG
JF - Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG
IS - 3
ER -