{
  "abstract": "Objectives The Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training – Feeding (NCAST-Feed) scale provides a systematic way to observe the interactions between an infant and their caregiver during a feeding. It has been widely used in research, clinical and real-world environments, but limited is its application in countries identified as low- and middle-income countries, such as Guatemala. The current project aims to describe the outcome of dyad’s performance on the NCAST-Feed.Methods Dyads from rural Guatemala were recruited when infants were 0-4 weeks of age (n=128). The data are from a larger study, from which the quality of infant-caregiver interaction was observed at baseline visit. Quality of caregiver-infant interaction was assessed using the NCAST – Feed distributed among six sub-scales.Results Descriptive analysis was used to examine trends in mother-infant interaction quality during feeding. On average, the dyads scored a total NCAST score mean of 49.85 (SD=5.20). Sub-scales means were observed as: (1) sensitivity to infant cues (M = 12.93, SD = 1.71), (2) response to child distress (M = 10.44, SD = 1.33), (3) fostering social-emotional growth (M = 8.82, SD = 1.51), (4) fostering cognitive growth (M = 3.59, SD = 1.55), (5) infant clarity of cues (M = 10.55, SD = 1.55) and (6) responsiveness to caregiver (M = 3.52, SD = 1.14).Conclusions The NCAST-Feed scores observed for fostering social-emotional and cognitive growth were notably lower than normative data (Oxford & Findlay, 2015). Further analysis and consideration for confounding variables will need to be evaluated in this specific population for further interpretation.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Erika G Mora"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Maya Health Alliance, Tecpán, Guatemala"
      ],
      "name": "Vilma Boron"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Maya Health Alliance, Tecpán, Guatemala"
      ],
      "name": "Eva Tuiz"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Maya Health Alliance, Tecpán, Guatemala"
      ],
      "name": "Scott Tschida"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Maya Health Alliance, Tecpán, Guatemala",
        "Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA",
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Peter Rohloff"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA",
        "University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Beth A Smith"
    }
  ],
  "title": "224 Descriptive outcomes of the NCAST-feeding scale in rural Guatemala",
  "uid": "e73dc2a0-42fc-5b73-aa4c-cdf615846831"
}