The Effect of Lullaby Listened to Preterm Babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units on Physiological Parameters and Pain

NCT ID: NCT05253625

Last Updated: 2022-03-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

93 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-08

Study Completion Date

2022-06-30

Brief Summary

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Preterms who enter a different environment after the intrauterine period experience an adaptation process and may need special care due to conditions such as developmental disabilities or neurological disorders. In such cases, newborns may frequently be exposed to repetitive painful interventions (like IV catherization). Pain in the postnatal period can cause physiological, behavioral and metabolic changes, and changes in the functional processing related with somatosensation and pain in the long term. In this context, inadequacy in pain control may cause neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems in infants.

For these reasons, it is essential to carefully evaluate the pain status of the newborn and to perform pharmacological and/or non-pharmacological interventions. In the intrauterine 20th week, the ability to hear begins to form, and in the 26-28th weeks the level to respond to sounds is achieved. Music therapy is a method that can be used for newborns as it reaches a level that can respond to sound stimuli within weeks. Especially in the 32nd gestational week, preterm newborns begin to develop the ability to distinguish mother's voice from other sounds with regard to rhythm and intonation. Due to this developmental feature of preterm newborns, it is recommended to use the mother's voice in neonatal intensive care units. However, studies on this subject are very limited.

The main goal of care in neonatal intensive care units is to maintain the baby's life and comfort at the highest level, to minimize pain and suffering, and to ensure that it can cope with pain. In the light of all information, it is essential to strengthen scientific evidence in order to apply non-pharmacological methods in clinics. The research was planned experimentally in order to examine the effects of listening to a lullaby on pain and physiological parameters in preterms hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units. The participants will be devided in three groups. The first group will listen to the lulliby recorded with the mothers voice, the second group will listen to the the lulliby recorded with the voice of an unfamilliar female, and the third group will not listen to a lulliby. The effects will be measured by using three physiologic parameters (oxygen saturation, heart rate, and respiratory rate) and pain responses (Neonatai Infant Pain Scala) before, during, and after a painful intervention (IV catherization).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neonatal Intensive Care Music Therapy Pain Responses

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

The participants will be assigned to three groups. Before, during and after a painful intervention the first group (Group A) will listen to a lullaby recorded with the mothers voice, the second group (Group B) will listen to a lullaby recorded with a unfamiliar female voice, and the third group (Group C) without and intervention (no lullaby).
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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lullaby mother

The participant will listen to a lullaby recorded with his mothers voice.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Listening to a recorded lullaby.

Intervention Type OTHER

A lullaby will be played from the MP4 player on the outer foot of an empty incubator, and a decibel meter (dB) will be placed in the empty incubator, so that the maximum level of the decibel meter does not exceed 50-60 dB (45-65 dB according to APA). ) (American Academy of Pediatrics. ACOG.2007) (Guidelines for Pediatrics Care. 7th edition) sound adjustment will be made. The lullaby with the mother's voice (first arm newborn mothers) adn with an unfamiliar female voice (second arm newborns) will be recorded in MP4 beforehand. The lullabies of groups A and B are lullabies performed in approximately 4 minutes and will be played repeatedly for the specified periods.

lullaby female

The participant will listen to a lullaby recorded with a foreign female voice.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Listening to a recorded lullaby.

Intervention Type OTHER

A lullaby will be played from the MP4 player on the outer foot of an empty incubator, and a decibel meter (dB) will be placed in the empty incubator, so that the maximum level of the decibel meter does not exceed 50-60 dB (45-65 dB according to APA). ) (American Academy of Pediatrics. ACOG.2007) (Guidelines for Pediatrics Care. 7th edition) sound adjustment will be made. The lullaby with the mother's voice (first arm newborn mothers) adn with an unfamiliar female voice (second arm newborns) will be recorded in MP4 beforehand. The lullabies of groups A and B are lullabies performed in approximately 4 minutes and will be played repeatedly for the specified periods.

no lullaby

The participant will not listen to a lullaby.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Listening to a recorded lullaby.

A lullaby will be played from the MP4 player on the outer foot of an empty incubator, and a decibel meter (dB) will be placed in the empty incubator, so that the maximum level of the decibel meter does not exceed 50-60 dB (45-65 dB according to APA). ) (American Academy of Pediatrics. ACOG.2007) (Guidelines for Pediatrics Care. 7th edition) sound adjustment will be made. The lullaby with the mother's voice (first arm newborn mothers) adn with an unfamiliar female voice (second arm newborns) will be recorded in MP4 beforehand. The lullabies of groups A and B are lullabies performed in approximately 4 minutes and will be played repeatedly for the specified periods.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* At 32-36+6 weeks of gestation
* Stable first 24 hours after birth
* Not dependent on mechanical ventilation
* Non-intubated
* Without a congenital and/or acquired malformation of hearing
* No congenital defect • Without hyperbilirinemia
* Not taking analgesics and/or sedatives in the last 24 hours
* If no painful application has been made to the newborn in the last hour (eg, blood collection, aspiration, eye examination, etc.)
* Postnatal age of 1-7 days
* Preterms whose height and weight are above the 10% percentile according to the week of gestation

Exclusion Criteria

* Deterioration in general condition
* Those who do not meet the criteria for inclusion in the research
* Preterms whose parents did not consent to participate in the study
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Day

Maximum Eligible Age

7 Days

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Izmir Tinaztepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nilüfer Özgürbüz

Ass. Prof.Dr. Nilüfer Özgürbüz

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Nilüfer Özgürbüz, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Izmir Tinaztepe University

Central Contacts

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NİLÜFER ÖZGÜRBÜZ, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+905064848810

References

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Other Identifiers

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IzmirTinaztepeU NOzgurbuz

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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