Evaluación e intervención de los conocimientos sobre las técnicas para la estimulación de succión no nutritiva y nutritiva en prematuros y recién nacidos con problemas de suscción a alumnos y/o alumnas de quinto y séptimo semestre de Estimulación Temprana de la Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca. 2014

Abstract

The objective was to assess, intervene and develop procedures to be followed in the stimulation of non-nutritive sucking and nutritive in the premature and newborn problems with sucking, addressed to students of fifth and seventh semester of the area of early stimulation of the University of Cuenca. This is an intervention study-action on the adequate knowledge about the nutritious sucking techniques and non-nutritive. This is an intervention study-action on the adequate knowledge about the nutritive sucking techniques and non-nutritive. It was attended by 46 students of fifth and seventh semester of the area of early stimulation, distributed according to gender in 97.8 % (n= 45) female and 2.2 % (n= 1) using a male precaps. A training was applied on the techniques of non-nutritive sucking and nutritious, was evaluated by the application of a questionnaire before and after of the knowledge acquired. For the description of qualitative variables was calculated frequency and percentage and inferential analysis to the chi-square test was used and p-value (< 0.05) to identify the increase in their knowledge of each issue that is raised. After the intervention students of stimulation successfully increased their knowledge of a 19.6 % (n= 9) in the precaps to a 89.1 % (n= 41) in the postcaps in levels of satisfactory and very satisfactory. The educational proposal for students and the material produced intervention constituted an efficient alternative to improve the attitudes and practices of students on the techniques of suction.