Correlation of facial anthropometry data of late preterm newborns and oral feeding readiness

ABSTRACT Objective: To correlate nine facial anthropometric measurements with the readiness for oral feeding of late preterm newborns using an orogastric tube. Methods: Observational study, carried out in two institutions in Maceió, Alagoas. Fifty-two newborns participated. A single measuring of nine facial measurements and daily measuring of the interface area for fixing the tube was performed. For readiness assessment, the Premature Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale was used. Results: An average readiness of 28.81 (± 3.18) was observed in the first evaluation and 30.65 (± 3.23) in the second. Most facial measurements are correlated with weight. There was a positive and slight correlation between glabella-subnasale distance and readiness. No correlation was observed between the area of the tube fixation interface and facial measurements. Conclusion: It is concluded that the glabella-subnasale measurement is positively correlated with the readiness for oral feeding in late preterm newborns who used an orogastric tube for feeding.

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Clinical validation of the preterm oral feeding readiness assessment scale in Taiwan

Journal of Pediatric Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.pedn.2021.02.005 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yu-Jung Chang ◽

Grace Hao ◽

Jing-Yang Huang ◽

Shun-Fa Yang ◽

Chia-Chen Huang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oral Feeding ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Clinical Validation ◽

Readiness Assessment

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Readiness for oral feeding and oral motor function in preterm infants

Revista CEFAC ◽

10.1590/1982-0216201719411616 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 503-509 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Raquel Coube de Carvalho Yamamoto ◽

Leila Sauer Prade ◽

Geovana de Paula Bolzan ◽

Angela Regina Maciel Weinmann ◽

Márcia Keske-Soares

Keyword(s):

Preterm Infants ◽

Motor Function ◽

Oral Feeding ◽

Motor Dysfunction ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Motor Assessment ◽

Oral Motor ◽

Oral Motor Function

ABSTRACT Objective: this study aimed at investigating the Schedule Oral Motor Assessment (SOMA) tool to be used with preterm infants and to compare its results with the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale (POFRAS) to start oral feeding. Methods: a cross-sectional and quantitative study, consisting in a sample of 45 healthy and clinically stable preterm infants, assessed at their first oral feeding with two tools: the Schedule Oral Motor Assessment and Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale. Stata 10.0 software was used for data analysis. Results: 10 preterm infants with readiness for oral feeding showed normal oral motor function, and 16, presented with oral motor dysfunction, did not show readiness for feeding (p <0.05). The time of transition for full oral feeding was 13.5 (± 8.1) days for preterm infants with better results in both assessment tools, and 17.7 (± 10.9) days for those who did not show readiness for oral feeding and had oral motor dysfunction to initiate oral feeding, resulting in a given clinical relevance, even showing no significance (p> 0.05). Conclusion: these results suggest that the Schedule Oral Motor Assessment can be an adjunctive method for evaluation of the oral motor function at the first oral feeding in preterm infants.

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The Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of the Preterm Infant Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale

Journal of Modern Rehabilitation ◽

10.32598/jmr.13.1.31 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 31-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Faride Kamran ◽

Setare Sagheb ◽

Mahshid Aghajanzade ◽

Abbas Ebadi ◽

Yser Faryadras ◽

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Keyword(s):

Preterm Infant ◽

Oral Feeding ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Intrarater Reliability ◽

Readiness Assessment

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PO06 – Cross cultural validation of the preterm oral feeding readiness assessment scale (POFRAS)

Nursing Children and Young People ◽

10.7748/ncyp.28.4.92.s85 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 92-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ilaria Orsenigo ◽

Simona Serveli ◽

Angela Cicconetti ◽

Roberta Da Rin Della Mora

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural ◽

Oral Feeding ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Cultural Validation

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Evaluation of anthropometric facial landmarks in woman with Blepharophimosis, Ptosis, and Epicanthus Inversus Syndrome (BPES)

RSBO ◽

10.21726/rsbo.v14i3.658 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 147-51

Author(s):

Lorena Maria Dering ◽

Marina Saade ◽

Juliana de Cassia Pinto Ferreira ◽

Vivian Monteiro Pereira ◽

Bruna Cristina do Nascimento Rechia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

Anthropometric Measurements ◽

Facial Appearance ◽

Bilateral Ptosis ◽

Facial Analysis ◽

Oral Region ◽

Facial Landmarks ◽

Non Invasive ◽

Facial Anthropometry ◽

Caucasian Female

Blepharophimosis, ptosis, and epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) is a syndrome easily recognized by facial appearance. In this sense, the facial anthropometry is a simple and non-invasive way to evaluate the morphology of the facial surface of individuals, thus, defining the craniofacial dimensions. Objective: To evaluate the facial anthropometric measurements of a Caucasian female, aged 20 years, diagnosed with BPES and to compare these measures with the values described in the literature for non-syndromic woman. Material and methods: This research is an observational study of a Caucasian female, aged 20 years, who was diagnosed with BPES. Frontal photographs were taken, and the images analyzed by nine researchers calibrated in Image J® software. The facial measurements evaluated were head, face, orbits, nose, and labio-oral region and were compared with non-syndromic woman. Results: All vertical and horizontal face measurements were higher than that of other females from Caucasian groups. BPES woman also presented bilateral ptosis and the main differences appear in the region of the orbits. Conclusion: The anthropometric facial analysis of BPES woman showed a significant change in the facial landmarks.

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The Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of the Preterm Infant Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale

Journal of Modern Rehabilitation ◽

10.18502/jmr.v13i1.2144 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Faride kamran ◽

Setare Sagheb ◽

Mashid Aghajanzade ◽

Abbas Ebadi ◽

Yaser Faryadras ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Preterm Infant ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Sudden Change ◽

Tube Feeding ◽

Weighted Kappa ◽

Oral Feeding ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Intrarater Reliability ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Cross Sectional

Introduction: One of the most challenging decisions is to assess the preterm infant’s transition from tube feeding to oral feeding. Thus, we require a reliable tool for determining the time to start oral feeding. This study aimed to measure the interrater and intrarater reliability of the Preterm Infant Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment scale (PIOFRA). Materials and Methods: This study was an observational, cross-sectional study. The study participants were preterm infants who had been hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Shariati Hospital affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, between December 2017 and February 2018. The inclusion criteria were absence of neurological and gastrointestinal disorders or major congenital anomalies, Apgar score 3 or more in the first 1 minute, and 5 or more in the first 5 minutes. The exclusion criteria included family’s unwillingness to participate in the study, infant’s death, or a sudden change that affects neonates’ nutritional status, like cerebral hemorrhage or intestinal problems. Results: The interrater and intrarater reliability of the total PIOFRA scale was good Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC˃0.75). The interrater and intrarater reliability of most items were good and excellent, with weighted kappa more than 0.50, with the exception of lip posture and especially stress sign, with weighted kappa less than 0.40. Conclusion: Generally, most items of the PIOFRA scale had acceptable interrater and intrarater reliability. Also, the interrater and intrarater reliabilities of the total POFRAs score was good.

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Clinical validation of the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692013000700018 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (spe) ◽

pp. 140-145 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Cristina Ide Fujinaga ◽

Suzana Alves de Moraes ◽

Nelma Ellen Zamberlan-Amorim ◽

Thaíla Corrêa Castral ◽

Andreara de Almeida e Silva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Preterm Infants ◽

Sensitivity And Specificity ◽

Breast Feeding ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Roc Curves ◽

Oral Feeding ◽

Assessment Scale ◽

Feeding Practice ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Global Accuracy

INTRODUCTION: Health professionals have great difficulties to establish the adequate and safe time to start breast feeding in preterm infants. There is a need to develop a standardized tool to help health professionals to comprehensively evaluate preterm infant readiness to transition preterm infants´ feeding from gastric to oral, and encourage breast feeding practice in neonatal units. Aims: To clinical validate the accuracy of a Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale with 60 clinically stable preterm infants. METHODS: Global accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale cut-offs, compared to milk intake through translactation, were estimated through ROC curves (Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves). RESULTS: The global accuracy of Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale was 74.38%. The highest sensitivity and specificity were obtained for three cut-offs: 28, 29 and 30. Since higher specificity (75.68%) for the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale was found at a score cut-off=of 30 showed higher specificity (75.68%), it should be used as a cut-off score to select initiate breastfeeding the preterm newborns' oral feeding readiness. CONCLUSION: The Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale is considered valid to assist health professionals to initiate preterm feeding in view of promoting safe and objective breastfeeding.

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Evaluation of anthropometric facial landmarks in woman with Blepharophimosis, Ptosis, and Epicanthus Inversus Syndrome (BPES)

RSBO ◽

10.21726/rsbo.v1i3.484 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 147

Author(s):

Lorena Maria Dering ◽

Marina Saade ◽

Juliana De Cassia Pinto Ferreira ◽

Vivian Monteiro Pereira ◽

Bruna Cristina do Nascimento Rechia ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

Anthropometric Measurements ◽

Facial Appearance ◽

Bilateral Ptosis ◽

Facial Analysis ◽

Oral Region ◽

Facial Landmarks ◽

Non Invasive ◽

Facial Anthropometry ◽

Caucasian Female

Introduction: Blepharophimosis, ptosis, and epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) is a syndrome easily recognized by facial appearance. In this sense, the facial anthropometry is a simple and non-invasive way to evaluate the morphology of the facial surface of individuals, thus, defining the craniofacial dimensions. Objective: To evaluate the facial anthropometric measurements of a Caucasian female, aged 20 years, diagnosed with BPES and to compare these measures with the values described in the literature for non-syndromic woman.Material and methods: This research is an observational study of a Caucasian female, aged 20 years, who was diagnosed with BPES. Frontal photographs were taken, and the images analyzed by nine researchers calibrated in Image J® software. The facial measurements evaluated were head, face, orbits, nose, and labio-oral region and were compared with non-syndromic woman. Results: All vertical and horizontal face measurements were higher than that of otherfemales from Caucasian groups. BPES woman also presented bilateral ptosis and the main differences appear in the region of the orbits. Conclusion: The anthropometric facial analysis of BPES woman showed a significant change in the facial landmarks.

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