Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool (NeoEAT)-Paladai/cup feeding in Tamil: a caregiver-reported assessment tool.

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q2 PEDIATRICS

BMJ Paediatrics Open Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI:10.1136/bmjpo-2025-003403

Gopalakrishnan Jayapradha, Prakash Amboiram, Sanjanaa Anand, Deekshitha Akula, Britt Frisk Pados, Lakshmi Venkatesh

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Abstract

Background: Cup feeding is an alternative method to provide nutrition to infants exhibiting difficulties in breastfeeding. Paladai is a cup commonly used to feed milk to infants in several parts of India. Parental reports of infant feeding help address feeding concerns and establish successful oral feeding.

Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a quaternary care hospital in South India. The NeoEAT-Paladai/cup in Tamil was developed through a systematic process of cross-cultural adaptation and included 64 items. A total of 325 Tamil-speaking mothers of children younger than 7 months who were fed through the paladai exclusively or partially, along with breastfeeding, completed the NeoEAT-Paladai (Tamil).

Results: Factor analysis of the responses yielded five subscales with high internal consistency reliability across subscales (α=0.858 to 0.908) and the full scale (α=0.963). Test-retest reliability was high for the full scale (intraclass correlation=0.995). Infants with feeding concerns demonstrated significantly higher total and subscale scores than infants without feeding concerns (p<0.001).

Conclusion: The NeoEAT-Paladai (Tamil) allows clinicians and caregivers of Tamil-speaking populations to monitor the feeding behaviours of infants when being fed by paladai.

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新生儿饮食评估工具（NeoEAT）的跨文化适应和验证-泰米尔语的paladai /杯子喂养：一种照顾者报告的评估工具。

背景：杯饲是为母乳喂养困难的婴儿提供营养的另一种方法。Paladai是印度一些地区常用来给婴儿喂奶的杯子。父母对婴儿喂养的报告有助于解决喂养问题并建立成功的口服喂养。方法：本横断面研究在印度南部的一家四级护理医院进行。泰米尔语的NeoEAT-Paladai/cup是通过跨文化适应的系统过程开发的，包括64个项目。总共有325名说泰米尔语的母亲，她们的孩子小于7个月，全部或部分通过paladai喂养，并辅以母乳喂养，完成了NeoEAT-Paladai（泰米尔语）。结果：因子分析得到5个分量表，各分量表和全分量表具有较高的内部一致性信度（α=0.858 ~ 0.908）。全量表重测信度高（类内相关=0.995）。有喂养问题的婴儿比没有喂养问题的婴儿表现出更高的总分和亚量表得分(结论：NeoEAT-Paladai（泰米尔语）允许临床医生和泰米尔语人群的护理人员在使用paladai喂养时监测婴儿的喂养行为。

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BMJ Paediatrics Open Medicine-Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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4.10

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3.80%

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124