The goal of this feasibility study is to assess the feasibility to implement a feeding strategy for preterm infants.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Is it feasible to implement the PoP-intervention in a level 3a category Neonatal intensive care unit? * Is the PoP-intervention acceptable for parents of preterm infants and health care personnel working in Neonatal intensive care unit?
Parents of preterm infants and health care personnel will be asked to follow a protocol of a feeding strategy based on the preterm infants development and cues throughout the NICU-stay.
gestational age of 28 weeks
post menstrual age of 28 weeks after transition from regional hospital
diagnoses or malformations that makes eating difficult
triplets or more
parents not speaking/understanding Norwegian or English
parents with challenges or special needs for follow up
Single group
Positive feeding of the preterm infant
Other interventionFeeding strategy for the preterm infant with description of nutritional needs and based on the infants development and cues.
Recruitment rates and sample criteria
Variables to evaluate if we can recruit appropriate participants, the time frame it takes, the eligibility criterias, the recruitment routines.
Data collection and outcome variables
How appropriate are the data collection procedures, the participants ability to complete the quiestionnaires, appropriatness of the amount of data collection, completion of datasets,
Acceptability
Evaluation of acceptability of the intervention for the participants, adherence to the study procedures, the burden for participants and the health care personnell conducting the intervention, safety and adverse events
Resources and organisation
Evaluation of the resources needed to conduct the study procedures, resources needed for training health care personnel or other costs related to the study
Infant outcome variables
A pilotstudy of the intervention with focus on the infants outcomes, such as weight gain, feeding milestones, nutrition, feeding methods,
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