A Study at Bal Rugnalay in Paratwadha Maharastra to Provide Teaching Program Plan and to Assess Effectiveness of Non Nutritive Sucking or Pacifier in Promoting Physiologic Stability and Nutritional Status among Preterm Infants Admitted in NICU

Rupa Magarde1

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Publication Date: 2024/12/23

Abstract: It has been demonstrated that non-nutritive sucking greatly shortens the period between gavage feeding and full oral feeding. Additionally, it might shorten hospital stays. Non-nutritive sucking pre mature infant which makes the baby who is fed through a tube feel a bloating of the stomach. Due to which they do not feel hungry and it calms them down. It also improves the tone of their oral muscles. In this study pretest-posttest experimental one-group research design is employed. Thirty preterm newborns admitted to the NICU make up the sample for this study. Non-probability purposive sampling was the method employed in this investigation. Mothers' average knowledge of nonnutritive sucking in preterm children shows that the majority of preterm infants 20(60.60%) were good 06(20%) knowledge and some preterm infants have 05(16.66) category which are not aware or poor average 04 (13.33%) pretest score in the present study. The mean pre-test score for preterm infants' awareness of non-nutritive sucking was 6+_1.94. Post-test scores revealed preterm infants' knowledge of nonnutritive sucking, and the majority of preterm infants in the current study had good post-test knowledge scores, with a 00 (00%) score. The average outcome of the test was 9.7+_3.6, indicating great understanding of non-nutritive sucking in preterm newborns.

Keywords: Non Nutritive Sucking, Gavage, Premature, Oral Muscles, Knowledge.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14546663

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