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| Effects of Oral Exercise Intervention Combined with Early Micro-feeding on Gastrointestinal Complications and Neurobehavioral Development in Premature Infants |
| LIU Li, CHEN Huijuan, ZHENG Fangming |
| First-author's address: Yingtan City People's Hospital, Jiangxi Province, Yingtan 335000, China |
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Abstract Objective: To investigate the effects of oral exercise intervention combined with early micro-feeding on gastrointestinal complications and neurobehavioral development in premature infants. Method: A total of 114 premature infants admitted to the Neonatology Department of Yingtan City People's Hospital from October 2020 to July 2022 were selected and randomly divided into observation group (57 cases) and control group (57 cases). The control group was given routine nursing care + early micro-feeding, the observation group was given oral exercise intervention on the basis of the control group. The gastrointestinal complications, prognosis and neurobehavioral development of two groups were compared. Result: The incidence of gastrointestinal complications such as diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal distension and gastric retention of the observation group were lower than those of the control group (P<0.05). The time of weight correction, nasogastric tube retention and complete oral feeding of the observation group were shorter than those of the control group, the milk intake of the observation group was higher than that of the control group on the 7th day after birth (P<0.05). After intervention, the total scores of neurobehavior and scores of all dimensions in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Oral exercise intervention combined with early micro-feeding can effectively prevent gastrointestinal complications in premature infants, and is beneficial to the recovery of gastrointestinal function and neurobehavioral development, and improve the prognosis of premature infants.
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Received: 06 February 2023
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