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Comparing the Effect of Bananas and Dates on the Reactivity of the Non-Reactive Fetus Non-Stress Test: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Shirin Moazen Dehkordi ORCID logo, Mahboubeh Taghipour ORCID logo, Afsaneh Malekpour ORCID logo, Sheida Shabanian* ORCID logo
*Corresponding Author: Email: sheidashabanian@yahoo.com

Abstract

Background and aims: Non-Stress Test (NST) is one of the pregnancy screening tests used to measure fetal well-being. Any factors that can increase the reactivity or reduce the time to reach reactivity in the NST test are beneficial. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the consumption of bananas and dates by pregnant mothers on the reactivity of the non-reactive fetus NST test. Methods: 160 pregnant women with 37 weeks of pregnancy and more referred for fetus electrocardiography to the Midwifery Clinic of Hajar Hospital in Shahrekord were randomly assigned into 4 groups, including group 1 (one banana and 500 cc water), group 2 (7 dates and 500 cc water), group 3 (25 g glucose and 500 cc water) and group 4 or control group (500 cc water). Before and one hour after the intervention, NST and the mother's blood sugar were recorded. Data was analyzed by SPSS software. Results: There were no significant differences between gender of the fetus, blood glucose level, mean age of mother mean gestational age in studied groups at baseline (p>0.05). The abundance of non-reactive results in banana plus water, dates plus water, glucose plus water, and water groups were 6 (15%), 11 (27.5%), 11 (27.5%), and 13 (32.5%), respectively. Based on the Chi-square test, the frequency of reactive and non-reactive results in the studied groups showed no significant difference (P=0.315). Conclusion: According to the study results, consuming bananas before the NST test does not affect NST results and blood glucose did not change in the groups before and after the intervention.
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Submitted: 29 Nov 2023
Revision: 18 Sep 2024
Accepted: 28 Sep 2024
ePublished: 11 Dec 2024
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