Status:
COMPLETED
Maternal Singing During Kangaroo Care in Preterm Infants
Lead Sponsor:
Meir Medical Center
Conditions:
Prematurity
Maternal Anxiety
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-6 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Study objective is to evaluate the additive effect of maternal singing during skin to skin contact (Kangaroo Care) on anxiety reduction both to infants and their mothers.
Detailed Description
Maternal singing to preterm infants during Kangaroo Care intervention, is it beneficial? Protocol Maternal voice is a predominant source of multimodal stimulation for the developing fetus that is la...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria clinically stable infants
- postmenstrual age \<37 weeks
- normal hearing confirmed by measurement of distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE).
- Exclusion criteria
- observed hyperresponsiveness to live music
- congenital anomaly that mainly affects hearing
- medication intake (phenobarbital, furosemide, gentamycin) that might interfere with the reaction to musical stimuli
- brain anomalies associated with neurological disorders (grade 3-4 intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leukomalacia).
- Maternal inclusion criteria
- ability to hear
- literary ability to read and answer an anxiety questionnaire
- Maternal exclusion criteria
- signs or medical history of postpartum depression
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01427894
Start Date
November 1 2011
End Date
November 1 2014
Last Update
March 16 2016
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