The effects of feeding with non-nutritional sucking and simultaneous transoral tube feeding on the quality of life of very low birth weight infants / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the effects of feeding with non-nutritional sucking and simultaneous transoral tube feeding on the quality of life of very low birth weight infants. Methods A total of 84 cases of very low birth weight infants from January 2017 to December 2017 in NICU of children′s hospital of Soochow University were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group, 42 cases in each group. Children in the observation group were fed with non-nutritional sucking and simultaneous transoral tube feeding and those in the control group were fed by transoral tube alone. The clinical manifestations of front, middle and after feeding and before refeeding of the two groups were observed. Results The breathing and heart rate along with percutaneous oxygen concentration during and after eating of the two groups had no statistically significant differences (all P>0.05). the sucking appetite, the frequency of the oral movement, the expression of the facial musclar tension, the state of quiet sleep, complications of feeding intolerance such as stomach retention with vomiting, abdominal distension, fecal occult blood and necrotizing enterocolitis during and after feeding and before refeeding of the observation group were 83.33% (35/42), 85.71% (36/42), 92.86% (39/42), 95.24% (40/42), 4.76% (2/42), the control group was 54.76% (23/42), 61.90% (26/42), 64.29% (27/42), 69.05% (29/42), 21.43% (9/42), the difference was statistically significant (χ2=5.126-10.182, P<0.05). The feeding volumes and mean relative growth rate during hospitalization, the time of extracting gastric tube, the average hospital stay of the observation group were (3.10 ± 1.23) ml, (20.00 ± 2.50) g, (19.06 ± 2.23) d, (41.50±4.23) d, and it had more advantages than the control group (1.50±1.15) ml, (13±1.33) g, (36.45± 4.31) d, (52.03 ± 4.21) d, the difference was statistically significant (t=6.16- 23.22, P<0.01). Conclusions Feeding with non-nutritional sucking and simultaneous transoral tube feeding for very low birth weight infants is safe and effective, it can reduce complications and promote feeding tolerance and achieve the desired growth target and shorten the hospital stay, and finally improve the quality of life.