Cochrane · systematic review · CD001071
Non‐nutritive sucking for increasing physiologic stability and nutrition in preterm infants
Foster, JP, Psaila, K, Patterson, T · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library
NeonatalAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
8
current version
GRADE rated
8
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 37.5%Low 5 · 62.5%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) compared with no NNS for physiologic stability and nutrition
Population: preterm infants
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Gavage to full oral feeding (days) Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) vs no NNS | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 87 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Start oral feeding to full oral feeding (days) Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) vs no NNS | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 100 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Days from birth to full oral breastfeeding Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) vs no NNS | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 303 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Full breastfeeding at discharge Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) vs no NNS | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 303 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Length of hospital stay (days) Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) vs no NNS | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 501 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Weight gain (g/day) Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) vs no NNS | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 103 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Postconceptual age at full oral feeds (days) Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) vs no NNS | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 28 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Intestinal transit time (hours) Non‐nutritive sucking (NNS) vs no NNS | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 30 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |