Cue-based feeding and short-term health outcomes of premature infants in newborn intensive care units: a non-randomized trial.

Background: Feedings based on behavioral cues is a method relying on infants' behavioral expressions of readiness to feed. The objective of this interventional study was to determine the effect of cue-based feeding on the short-term health outcomes of preterm infants.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study utilized a historical or phase lag design.