Yücel, Adalet https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2469-2788
Küçükoğlu, Sibel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3269-445X
Konak, Murat https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8728-4541
Funding for this research was provided by:
Türkiye Sağlık Enstitüleri Başkanlığı (43294)
Selcuk University
Article History
Received: 8 February 2026
Revised: 27 March 2026
Accepted: 1 April 2026
First Online: 16 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Nursing at Selçuk University (7 February 2024), with the decision number 2024/11. Institutional approval was obtained from the Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine Hospital.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the parents of preterm infants who met the inclusion criteria.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors declare that no artificial intelligence tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript.
: The study protocol was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov on 21 May 2024 (NCT06706115). The protocol of this study was previously published in Nursing in Critical Care. The present manuscript reports the final results obtained based on this protocol. Yücel A, Küçükoğlu S, Konak M, 2026. The Effect of Intranasal Breast Milk Administration on Cerebral Oxygenation, Vital Signs and Time to Full Oral Feeding in Preterm Infants: a Randomised Controlled Study Protocol. Nursing in Critical Care, 31, 1, e70262. .