The effect of live maternal voice on physiologic factors of premature infants
- Conditions
- Premature infant.Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015081623636N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Babol University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria:
Premature infants with gestational age of 28 to less than 37 weeks; Birth weight of more than 1 kilograms and less than 2.5 kilograms; Infants that are at least 3 days old; Infants that are kept in incubator, have physiological stability and no congenital anomalies and their inclusion in the study is confirmed by the shift attending; Infants that are not under the effect of any kind of ventilation such as nasal cannula, positive pressure ventilation through nasal mask or ventilator; Receiving no muscle relaxant drug; Not having surgery; Infants that are merely fed by their mother’s milk.
Startle reflex/ (ABR) hearing test indicate hearing impairment; Definitive diagnosis of the following issues during the intervention:Intraventricular hemorrhage with grade 2 and above; Necrotizing enterocolitis; patent ductus arteriosus; sepsis; acute lung disease; anemia (Hb<10gm / dr); occurrence of seizure and mother’s unwillingness to cooperate; Infants that use pacifier or are fed by things other than mother’s milk; Reports that indicate mother’s known addiction to alcohol, addictive drugs (narcotic drugs) and psychotropic substances;The mother receive hypnotic drugs in the intervention day.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Heart rate. Timepoint: 10 minut before-10 minute during-10 minute after intervention. Method of measurement: Monitor.;Respiratory rate. Timepoint: 10 minut before-10 minute during-10 minute after intervention. Method of measurement: Monitor.;Blood pressure. Timepoint: 10 minut before-10 minute during-10 minute after intervention. Method of measurement: Monitor.;Saturation of pressure of O2. Timepoint: 10 minut before-10 minute during-10 minute after intervention. Method of measurement: Monitor.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method