Resting Energy Expenditure
Conditions
Brief summary
Exposure to Mozart music significantly lowers resting energy expenditure (REE) in healthy preterm infants. Whether this finding is related to music per-se or to music by Mozart is unknown. The objective is to study whether J.S. Bach music has a lowering effect on REE similar to that of Mozart music.
Interventions
OTHERBach music
Infants listened to Bach or Mozart using the compact discs entitled Baby Bach and Baby Mozart (Baby smart, Nir Zvi, Israel).
OTHERMozart music
Infants listened to Bach or Mozart using the compact discs entitled Baby Bach and Baby Mozart (Baby smart, Nir Zvi, Israel).
Sponsors
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Days to 59 Days
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Preterm infants at post menstrual age of 30-37 weeks who were appropriate for gestational age, clinically and thermally stable, gavage-fed, were eligible for recruitment. * At the time of the study they were all tolerating full enteral feeding (150-160 cc/kg weight/day) without significant gastric residuals (\<5% of total feed), they were all growing steadily, and had no electrolyte imbalance. * All infants who were recruited successfully passed a hearing screening test prior to discharge (otoacoustic emission and automated auditory brainstem response)
Exclusion criteria
* Infants with significant complications of prematurity such as intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leucomalacia, necrotizing enterocolitis, active apneas of prematurity, patent ductus arteriosus, active infection, electrolyte imbalance and major congenital anomalies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Resting energy expenditure | 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS | Metabolic measurements were performed by indirect calorimetry using the Deltatrac II Metabolic monitor (DateOhmeda, Helsinki, Finland). This system consists of a hood, which is placed over the infant's head and of two sensors. It uses the principle of an open circuit which allows for continuous measurements of O2 consumption and C02 production. The energy expenditure is calculated using the equation 5.5VO2+1.76VCO2. |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed