This is a multi-site study of 272 premature infants \>32 weeks who served in a randomized investigation (in morning or afternoon) where they served as their own controls. The infants' HR, RR, O2sats were measured with and without the implementation fo live music. The live interventions included songs of kin, selected by parents, the gato box and ocean disc played through entrained methods by a music therapist. The infants were evaluated within a two week period and in total each day including feeds, voids, activity level and sleep.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
272
Applied by randomization-live at bassinet in the AM or PM Gato Box, Ocean Disc or parent-selected lullabies
Remo Ocean disc Gato box Music therapist's or Parent's preferred lullaby or 'Twinkle'
The effects of live music intervention on premature baby function
Infants function according to flow sheet and in cumulative administration will be viewed with and without music therapy entrainment
Time frame: over two weeks intervention periods
Vitals
The HR, RR, O2sats, activity level, sleep. feeds and parental stress will be measured
Time frame: 10 mins before, during and after intervention
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