Abstract
Introduction Preterm infants frequently experience oral feeding difficulties because of underdeveloped central nervous system and oral musculature with lack of coordination for the suck-swallow-breath mechanism which make them rely on artificial feedings and parenteral nutrition to meet their nutritional requirements. Objective To assess and compare the effectiveness of Oral Stimulation and Oral support on feeding performances among Preterm and Low Birth Weight babies. Methods and Material Quantitative approach with True Experimental Time Series design was used for the study with sample size of 40 by using simple random sampling technique. Results Mean scores with SD of feeding performance of Experimental group on Day-3 5 amp7 was 19.85plusmn5.00 26.80plusmn3.41 amp 28.35plusmn1.72 significantly higher than the control group 13.70plusmn6.08 19.30plusmn6.68 amp 23.85plusmn6.02 with lsquotrsquo values 3.48 4.46 and 3.21 respectively plt0.001 indicating statistically significant difference in feeding performances between experimental and control group at 0.05 level of significance Conclusions Study concludes that Oral stimulation and Oral support helps in improving the feeding performances of Preterm and LBW babies as early establishment of breast feeding is the most common problem among the babies born premature and LBW.nbsp
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