미숙아 식이 관련 현황과 가정지원 커뮤니티 케어 요구도Dietary Status of Preterm Infants and the Need for Community Care
- Other Titles
- Dietary Status of Preterm Infants and the Need for Community Care
- Authors
- 전지수; 서원희; 황은미; 김부경; 최의경; 이장훈; 신정희; 한영신; 정상진
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- 대한지역사회영양학회
- Keywords
- premature infant; infant nutrition disorders; infant health; community care service; community support
- Citation
- 대한지역사회영양학회지, v.27, no.4, pp.273 - 285
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- 대한지역사회영양학회지
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 273
- End Page
- 285
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/146675
- ISSN
- 1226-0983
- Abstract
- Objectives: This study compared the nutritional intakes of early and late preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and at home. The dietary problems and the need for community care services for premature infants were further investigated.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study on 125 preterm infants and their parents (Early preterm n = 70, Late preterm n = 55). The data were collected by surveying the parents of preterm infants and from hospital medical records.
Results: No significant differences were obtained between the early and late preterm infant groups when considering the proportion of feeding types in the NICU and at home. Early preterm infants were fed with a greater amount of additional calories at home and had more hours of tube feeding (P = 0.022). Most preterm infants had feeding problems. However, there was no significant difference between early and late preterm infants in the mental pain of parents, sleeping, feeding, and weaning problems at home. Many parents of preterm babies had no external support, and more than half the parents required community care to take care of their preterm babies.
Conclusions: Regardless of the gestational age, most preterm infants have several problems with dietary intake. Our study indicates the need to establish community care services for preterm infants.
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