The Effect of Breast Milk Smell on Nutrition in Preterms

April 8, 2021 updated by: Sibel Küçükoğlu, Selcuk University

The Effect of Breast Milk Smell on Early Feeding Cues, Transition Period to Oral Nutrition and Abdominal Perfusion in Preterm Newborns

The study was planned to determine the effect of breast milk odor applied during gavage feeding on early feeding cues of preterm newborns, the transition time to oral feeding and abdominal perfusion.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

It is known that nutrient odors stimulate the initiation of digestion. However, in preterm newborns who are fed by gavage or parenterally, exposure to the nutrient smell that initiates digestion disappears. For this reason, it is known that odor stimulation is applied to preterm newborns to improve nutrition. It is known that fragrances such as fragrant essential oils, the smell of breast milk, and amniotic fluid have positive effects such as shortening the transition time to oral feeding in preterm newborns, increasing nutritional tolerance and weight gain, increasing hunger symptoms, providing analgesic effect in painful procedures, and reducing hospital stay. However, no study was found to jointly evaluate the effect of odor stimulation with breast milk on early nutritional cues, transition time to oral nutrition and abdominal perfusion in preterm newborns.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

56

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Konya, Turkey, 42100
        • Recruiting
        • Sibel Küçükoğlu
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

6 months to 8 months (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Born at 28-36 weeks of PW
  • Birth weight >1000 gr
  • 1. and 5. Apgar score average per minute ≥ 6
  • Gavage method used in nutrition
  • Intermittent infusion method used in nutrition,
  • Not receiving mechanical ventilation / CPAP support,
  • No medication or treatment is administered by the nasal route,
  • Without nasal obstruction,
  • Have not received any established medical diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Drugs that affect gastrointestinal function (drugs that facilitate gastric emptying and gastrointestinal passage of nutrients by increasing gastrointestinal tract motility, and drugs that reduce gastrointestinal tract motility)
  • Newborns without breast milk
  • Continuous infusion or parenteral feeding method is used in nutrition

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental Group: Olfactory stimulation group
Preterm newborns in the initiative group were sniffed the smell of breast milk before and during feeding, except for routine application
Behavioral: Olfactory stimulation
Newborns in the experimental group will be given the smell of breast milk during 3 consecutive feedings and for 3 days in the morning. Smell stimulation will be started 1 minute before gavage feeding and the application of breast milk odor will continue until the feeding ends. A hand-cleaning researcher will drip 15 drops of breast milk on sterile gauze to apply the smell of breast milk. Sterile gauze dripped with breast milk will be placed as close to the newborn's nose as possible and not in contact with the newborn's skin. After the feeding of the newborn is completed, the application of the smell of breast milk will be terminated and the gauze will be removed from the incubator. A new sterile gauze will be used for each feeding, and these processes will be repeated with each smell stimulation for three days.
No Intervention: Control Group
Premature newborns in the control group feeds gavage according to the routine of the clinic, and no attempt will be made during feeding.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Newborn Information Form
Time Frame: First measurement, 5 minutes
It is a form prepared by researchers in accordance with the literature (Yildiz ve ark. 2011, Pillai ve ark. 2018, Schriever ve ark. 2018, Neal-Kluever ve ark. 2019). In the form; gender of the baby, date of birth, method of birth, gestational week at birth, average apgar score (1. and 5. in minutes), birth weight, postnatal age, duration of transition to oral nutrition, daily body weight, nutrition frequency, amount of nutrition, food type, breast milk type, daily vomiting frequency and daily defecation frequency are information.
First measurement, 5 minutes
Abdominal Perfusion and Distension Follow-Up Form
Time Frame: Before 1 minute from feeding
It is a form that contains information about abdominal perfusion level developed by researchers in accordance with the literature (Gay ve ark. 2011, Gillam-Krakauer ve ark. 2013, Thomas ve ark. 2018). Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) is a noninvasive device used in routine of neonatal intensive care unit and will be used in this study to determine the abdominal perfusion of the baby.
Before 1 minute from feeding
Early Feeding Tips Tracking Form
Time Frame: Before 1 minute from feeding
The form developed by the researchers in line with the literature includes the physiological and behavioral hunger symptoms of the baby, which are accepted as criteria for starting oral feeding in babies and maintaining oral nutrition successfully and reliably (Kirk, Alder ve King 2007, Ludwig ve Waitzman 2007, White ve Parnell 2013, Holloway 2014, Lubbe 2018). The form consists of 9 items, and the answers to the items are in the form of Yes / No. Evaluation of the items in the form will be done simultaneously and separately by two observers (researcher and clinical nurse) right after the babies begin to feed, and interobserver agreement will be evaluated in order to test the reliability of the form.
Before 1 minute from feeding

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Abdominal Perfusion and Distension Follow-Up Form
Time Frame: The second measurement is 10, 30, 60 and 120 after feeding is completed. minutes.
It is a form that contains information about abdominal perfusion level developed by researchers in accordance with the literature (Gay ve ark. 2011, Gillam-Krakauer ve ark. 2013, Thomas ve ark. 2018). Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) is a noninvasive device used in routine of neonatal intensive care unit and will be used in this study to determine the abdominal perfusion of the baby.
The second measurement is 10, 30, 60 and 120 after feeding is completed. minutes.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Selcuk University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Sibel Kucukoglu, PhD, Selcuk University
  • Study Chair: Adalet Yucel, Master Student, Selcuk University
  • Study Director: Hanifi Soylu, PhD, Selcuk University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 15, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 30, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

September 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 8, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 8, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

April 13, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 13, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 8, 2021

Last Verified

April 1, 2021

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SelcukUAdlt42

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

IPD Plan Description

It will be shared after the article is published.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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