Premature Infant
Conditions
Keywords
premature infant
Brief summary
The study aims to evaluate the impact on the preterm infants' short-term physiological, neurodevelopmental states by employing maternal voice intervention in NICU routine care. This study also evaluates the correlation between effective intervention and maternal depression by employing Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale .
Detailed description
The study designs a two-arm, double blind randomized control trial (RCT) experiment in terms of a block randomization for allocating participants in experimental and control groups respectively. In the experimental group maternal voice in terms of lullaby, music, and meaningful words plays near the head of premature infant in the incubator by 30 mins each time, and totally three times a day over a 14-days intervention duration. Meanwhile a standard care treats premature infants in the control group. A IntelliVue physiological monitor and a behavior scale collects ECG, respiratory rate, SpO2 concentration, and sleep/awake states of premature infants in both groups. Finally, ANOVA analyzes the statistical significance between the measurer and items.
Interventions
OTHERmaternal voice intervention
maternal voice in terms of lullaby, music, and meaningful words plays near the head of premature infant in the incubator by 30 mins each time after routine care period
Sponsors
Chia-Jung Lin
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Intervention model description
The study designs a two-arm, double blind randomized control trial (RCT) experiment in terms of a block randomization for allocating participants in experimental and control groups respectively. In the experimental group maternal voice in terms of lullaby, music, and meaningful words plays near the head of premature infant in the incubator by 30 mins each time, and totally three times a day over a 14-days intervention duration. Meanwhile a standard care treats premature infants in the control group.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
28 Weeks to 36 Weeks
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Preterm infants at 28-36 gestational age * Within 10 days in NICU after delivery
Exclusion criteria
1. Has a known chromosomal or congenital abnormality 2. Major congenital infection 3. Brain lesions diagnosed prenatally, or neonatal asphyxia at birth. 4. Toxic use by the mother during pregnancy 5. Intraventricular hemorrhage of third degree or more occurred in brain ultrasound examination 6. Are using sedative medication 7. Premature infants use endotracheal tube respirator or high-frequency respirator 8. Preterm infants requiring immediate surgical treatment at birth
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| heart rate | 14th day | observation at 7th and 14th day after intervention period |
| respiratory rate | 14th day | observation at 7th and 14th day after intervention period |
| SpO2 concentration | 14th day | observation at 7th and 14th day after intervention period |
| behavioral status with crying states of premature infants | 14th day | observation at 7th and 14th day after intervention period |
Contacts
Primary ContactChia Jung LIN, master
Outcome results
None listed