Abstract
Objective: To determine the influence of non-nutritive sucking and oral stimulation programs on breastfeeding
rates at discharge, at 3 and at 6 months of corrected age in preterm infants with very low birth weight.
Methods: Preterm infants were randomized into experimental and control groups. Ninety-eight preterm infants
were randomized and 96 remained in the study until reaching the corrected age of 6 months. The experimental group
received sensory-motor-oral stimulation and non-nutritive sucking, while infants in the control group received a sham
stimulation program. Both were administered from reaching enteral feeding (100 kcal/kg/day) until the beginning of
oral feeding.