Music and Feeding in NICU

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Feeding; Preterm Infants; NICU; Weight Gain; Mozart
• Interventions: Other: Music; Other: No music.

• Registration Number: NCT02919358
• Lead Sponsor: Christiana Care Health Services

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-27
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-29
• Study Start: 2016-12
• Primary Completion: 2018-04
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Study Completion: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-15
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Music	Music	Exposure to music, twice per day for the study period
Control	No music.	No intervention; standard care.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome is time to regain birth weight	2 weeks	We will track weight gain and will monitor how long it takes for the babies to regain their birth weight.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of Feeding Cues	2 weeks	At 33 weeks corrected gestational age; a speech therapist will assess feeding cues daily using an objective oral feeding assessment tool

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Christiana Care Health System; 🇺🇸 Newark, Delaware, United States