英文摘要 |
This study is to review the effect of cup feeding versus bottle feeding among preterm infants by means of systematic literature review as well as to inspect the result of the clinical application. To practice and evaluate evidence, fi ve steps of Evidence-Based Medicine were applied: 1. Asking an answerable question. 2. Acquiring the best available evidence. 3. Appraising the evidence of its validity and usefulness: The selected four articles were meta-analyzed by software RevMan5.0 and it was found that the increase of fully breastfeeding rate (RR: 0.75, 95%CI: 0.61- 0.92) of cup feeding among preterm infants was only at hospital discharge but was not able to be continued at home. 4.Application of results in practice: In the method of case history review, 92 infants were selected in cup feeding group and 12 infants in bottle feeding group and it was found that the cup feeding group was both higher in breastfeeding rate (100% vs 91.7%) and fully breastfeeding rate (21.7% vs 0%) compared to the bottle feeding group but there was no statistically signifi cant difference in breastfeeding (P= .115) and fully breastfeeding rate (P= .117) for both groups. For side effects, there were chokes and spits for both groups but stable sign of life was restored afterwards. 5. Evaluation of performance (the fi nal step): Although the result of the study showed that the breastfeeding rate was equal between cup feeding and bottle feeding among preterm infants, it is still recommended for clinical application to consider the circumstances of individual physiology and its development especially for medical conditions like congenital cleft lip, cleft palate and early supplementary feeding where cup feeding is recommended to avoid choking and nipple confusion. As for the effectiveness between cup feeding and bottle feeding, it is yet to be substantiated by current studies. |