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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
33
Investigator will begin play live guitar and voice music.
Investigator will play recorded music.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Heart Rate
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.
Time frame: up to sixty minutes post intervention.
Respiratory Rate
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.
Time frame: up to sixty minutes post intervention.
Blood Pressure
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.
Time frame: up to sixty minutes post intervention.
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