Music and Feeding in NICU

N/ACompletedNCT02919358

Christiana Care Health Services40 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of classical music exposure on improved time to regain birth weight and improved feeding readiness in healthy premature infants in the NICU.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Feeding NICU Preterm Infants Mozart Weight Gain

Interventions

MusicOTHER

No music.OTHER

This is the control group.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 28 WeeksMax age: 31 Weeks

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * • Neonates between the gestational ages of 28 weeks and 32 weeks and 6 days * Parents ≥18 years of age * English speaking parents * Breastmilk as intended primary form of nutrition Exclusion Criteria: * Congenital anomalies affecting hearing or feeding skills * Patients requiring HFOV or HFJV

Locations (1)

Christiana Care Health System

Newark, Delaware, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The primary outcome is time to regain birth weight

We will track weight gain and will monitor how long it takes for the babies to regain their birth weight.

Time frame: 2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Assessment of Feeding Cues

At 33 weeks corrected gestational age; a speech therapist will assess feeding cues daily using an objective oral feeding assessment tool

Time frame: 2 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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