Interrater Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment

Pineda, Roberta; Liszka, Lara; Kwon, Jenny; Wallendorf, Michael

doi:10.5014/ajot.2020.039578

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“…The Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment is a standardized tool used to assess feeding skills in infants prior to and at term equivalent age and includes 18 scored feeding items [23]. The Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment has good to excellent inter-rater reliability and has concurrent validity with relationships to the Neonatal Oral Motor Assessment Scale [22,24].…”

Section: Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessmentmentioning

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Preterm infant feeding performance at term equivalent age differs from that of full-term infants

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Objective To identify differences in feeding skill performance among preterm infants at term equivalent age compared with full-term infants. Study design Ninety-two infants (44 preterm infants born ≤32 weeks gestation at term equivalent age and 48 full-term infants within 4 days of birth) had a standardized oral feeding assessment. Result Preterm infants at term equivalent age had lower Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessment scores (67.8 ± 13.6 compared with 82.2 ± 8.1; p < 0.001) and were more likely to have poor arousal (p = 0.04), poor tongue positioning (p = 0.04), suck-swallow-breathe discoordination (p < 0.001), inadequate sucking bursts (p = 0.01), tonal abnormalities (p < 0.001), discoordination of the jaw and tongue during sucking (p < 0.001), lack of positive engagement with the feeder and/or discomfort (p < 0.001), signs of aspiration (p < 0.001), difficulty regulating breathing (p < 0.001), and have an inability to maintain an appropriate state (p < 0.001), and complete the feeding (<0.001). Conclusion A broad range of feeding-related difficulties appear to remain evident in preterm infants at term equivalent age.

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Section: Neonatal Eating Outcome Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%