The goal of this feasibility study is to assess the feasibility to implement a feeding strategy for preterm infants. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is it feasible to implement the PoP-intervention in a level 3a category Neonatal intensive care unit? * Is the PoP-intervention acceptable for parents of preterm infants and health care personnel working in Neonatal intensive care unit? Parents of preterm infants and health care personnel will be asked to follow a protocol of a feeding strategy based on the preterm infants development and cues throughout the NICU-stay.
The parents will be recruited before or as soon as possible after birth. The intervention will start as soon as the parents have given written consent for themselves and behalf of their infant. The intervention is developed in line with the MRC framework of developing and evaluating complex interventions in an iterative and dynamic way. The intervention will be based on parents counseling and an infant feeding protocol.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
Feeding strategy for the preterm infant with description of nutritional needs and based on the infants development and cues.
Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
Drammen, Norway
RECRUITINGRecruitment rates and sample criteria
Variables to evaluate if we can recruit appropriate participants, the time frame it takes, the eligibility criterias, the recruitment routines.
Time frame: Prospective over a period of 1 year
Data collection and outcome variables
How appropriate are the data collection procedures, the participants ability to complete the quiestionnaires, appropriatness of the amount of data collection, completion of datasets,
Time frame: Prospective over a period of 1 year
Acceptability
Evaluation of acceptability of the intervention for the participants, adherence to the study procedures, the burden for participants and the health care personnell conducting the intervention, safety and adverse events
Time frame: Prospective over a period of 1 year
Resources and organisation
Evaluation of the resources needed to conduct the study procedures, resources needed for training health care personnel or other costs related to the study
Time frame: Prospective over a period of 1 year
Infant outcome variables
A pilotstudy of the intervention with focus on the infants outcomes, such as weight gain, feeding milestones, nutrition, feeding methods,
Time frame: Prospective over a period of 1 year
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