Music combined with touch therapy to decrease pain response in preterm infants

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cortisol and ß-endorphin levels in pre-term infants; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14131492
• Lead Sponsor: anjing Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University

Brief Summary

2017 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28125980 (added 05/08/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2012-12-31
• Study Start: 2016-07-29
• Last Update Posted: 2 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

1. Admitted within 72 hours after birth
2. Gestational age is less than 37 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

1. Serious birth injuries
2. Serious malformations (especially in oral cavity or external ear deformity)
3. Significant parenchyma brain injury (IVH grade IV, or PVL)
4. Had received analgesics or sedatives within 72 h of the assessment
5. Failed hearing screening.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified