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Music Therapy With Intubated and Sedated Pediatric Patients

The Effect of Live Music Therapy Interventions With Pediatric Patients Who Are Mechanically Ventilated and Sedated

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03629145
Enrollment
33
Registered
2018-08-14
Start date
2018-01-16
Completion date
2019-06-01
Last updated
2019-07-26

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Conditions

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections

Brief summary

The study is a randomized controlled trial of pediatric patients ages birth to two years of age who are mechanically ventilated and sedated as a result of a respiratory virus. The experimental group will receive twenty minutes of live, preferred music with a board-certified music therapist and the control group will receive twenty minutes of recorded music, also preferred, both interventions conducted at bedside. Caregivers will take a pre and post survey.

Detailed description

Data for heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure will be taken for both control and experimental conditions prior to intervention, immediately following intervention, thirty minutes post, and sixty minutes post intervention. Caregivers will take the Parental Belief Scale for Hospitalized Children prior to intervention and 60 minutes poster intervention.

Interventions

Investigator will begin play live guitar and voice music.

Investigator will play recorded music.

Sponsors

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 2 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with respiratory syntactical virus, pneumonia, rhino, corona, bronchiolitis, or flu * mechanically ventilated * sedated * Patients with underlying diagnosis accepted unless listed below * Patients must have a primary caregiver present

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who are oscillating * have a previous diagnosis of severe or profoundly deaf * have a suspicion of child abuse * in custody of the state.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Heart Rateup to sixty minutes post intervention.Describe the effect of a live music therapy intervention on HR in patients ages 0 to 2 years who are mechanically ventilated and sedated in one PICU.
Respiratory Rateup to sixty minutes post intervention.Describe the effect of a live music therapy intervention on RR in patients ages 0 to 2 years who are mechanically ventilated and sedated in one PICU.
Blood Pressureup to sixty minutes post intervention.Describe the effect of a live music therapy intervention on BP in patients ages 0 to 2 years who are mechanically ventilated and sedated in one PICU.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026