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Outcome of abdominal massage before gavage feeding on tolerated feeding for low birth weight infants

Author(s) -

Hendy Abdelaziz,

ElNagger Nahed Saied,

Abozeid Ahmed,

Reshia Fadia Ahmed,

Salih Shahenda A.,

Alruwaili Manar Fayez,

Hendy Ahmed

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

nursing open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55

H-Index - 12

ISSN - 2054-1058

DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1144

Subject(s) - medicine , massage , low birth weight , birth weight , pediatrics , pregnancy , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics

Aim To assess the effect of abdominal massage pre‐gavage feeding on tolerated feeding for low birth weight (LBW) infants. Methods An experimental research design at a government hospital at Egypt. Purposive sample composed of LBW infants was randomly divided into study and control groups each with 60 LBW infants. Results A total of 55% of the participants in the study group grew sleepy, whereas only 15% of the studied participants in the control group grew sleepy. The abdominal circumference after feeding in the study group was 23.18 ± 2.99 cm, whereas that in the control group was 24.79 ± 2.99 cm. The gastric residual volume in the study group was 0.8 ± 0.10 ml, whereas that in the control group was 3.86 ± 1.03 ml. Conclusion Finally, abdominal massage had a positive impact on the postfeeding state of alertness and feeding tolerance.

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