Abstract
A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of oral stimulation on feeding performance among preterm babies in selected NICU. The study was conducted with the purpose of finding out whether the oral stimulation will help to improve the feeding performance and to assess the selected parameters like respiration, weight, and oxygen saturation. A quasi- experimental non-equivalent control group design was used to conduct the study. Total of 40 samples were selected by the non-probability purposive sampling technique. 20 samples were in the experimental group and 20 in the control group. Data was collected by using an observation checklist for assessing the feeding pattern and other parameters like spo2, respiration, and weight. Reliability of the tool was done by inter-rater method and calculated ‘r’ were o.89 and calibration of the weighing machine was done by the biomedical department. Babies who are shifted to breastfeeding were taken as samples. Oral stimulation was given for 5 minutes in the morning and evening followed by breastfeeding. Pre- assessment was done on the first day for both groups. The intervention was carried out for the experimental group for 5 days on the 5th day post assessment was done for both groups. The analysis of feeding performance were done by using frequency and percentage, comparison of the two groups was done by using an unpaired t-test. Result showed that on 5th day the mean value of feeding performance was 11.30 in the experimental group whereas in the control group it was 10.40 with a p-value of 0.031. This shows there is a significant difference in the feeding performance of pre-term babies after oral stimulation. There were no changes observed the parameters of spo2, respiratory rate and weight between both the groups. The research concluded that oral stimulation is effective in improving the feeding skills of preterm babies and it did not have any positive effect on the parameters like spo2 respiration rate and weight.
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