Effect of Breast Milk Olfactory Stimulation

ConditionPreterm Infant Feeding Outcomes

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age30-30

SponsorAin Shams University

About this trial

Breast milk olfactory stimulation will improve preterm infants' outcomes.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Preterm infant has gestational of 30 >37.

Birth weight 1000 > 2500 gm.

Preterm infant fed oral or gavage feeding or both of them.

Disqualifiers

Preterm infants on mechanical ventilation or complicated case

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

BMOS technique
Other intervention
The researcher obtained 5cc soaked in a 2cm×2 cm piece of sterilized gauze for every intervention administration. * The preterm neonates were positioned in the supine position and the head turned to one side * The gauze was placed near the head, 2cm away from the nose for 2 minutes before feeding to stimulate an olfactory sense of preterm neonates 3 times per day (11 am, 2 pm, and 5 pm).

Treatment groups

52 Participants

are divided into 1 treatment group

Group A: BMOS techniqueActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

enhance preterm infant feeding outcomes

Preterm Neonates Feeding Progression by use (Preterm Infant Breast feeding Behavior Scale .Scoring system. It will be classified into three categories: Low if score (8 to 10), Moderate if score (11 to 16) and Better if score (17 to 20).

Time frame

after one week from use breast milk olfactory stimulation

Sponsors and contacts

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Ain Shams University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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