A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of White Noises and Parental Voices As Protectors Against Noise Damage in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Conditions
- Premature Infant Disease
- Interventions
- Behavioral: White Noises and Maternal and/or Paternal voices
- Registration Number
- NCT06150404
- Lead Sponsor
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini
- Brief Summary
The goal of this Randomized Controlled Trial is to test the efficacy of listening to white noises and parental voices against environmental noise damage in premature babies admitted to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
The main question it aims to answer is:
• Could the combined use of white noises and maternal and/or paternal voices reduce the negative outcomes of continuous exposure to hospital noises on newborns hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?
Participants in the intervention group will listen to a recorded track composed of white noises and voices of their parents who read a story or sing a lullaby from the day of enrollment until the day of discharge, for 4 hours per day.
Researchers will compare the intervention group with the control group (who will receive the usual care provided without any intervention on the noise level) to see if babies enrolled in the intervention group show fewer events of tachycardia, tachypnea, desaturation, apnoea, and language or hearing impairment.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 11
- Patients admitted to the NICU with gestational age at birth ≥ 31 weeks (as this is the age at which sound perception is ≥ 40 dB and there is predictable clinical stability to allow intervention delivery without excessive interruptions)
- Patients admitted to the NICU who reach gestational age ≥ 31 weeks
- Patients monitored with the following types of monitors: Masimo rainbow SET™ (Masimo); Infinity® Delta (Draeger); Infinity® Acute Care System (Draeger); Efficia CM (Philips).
- Patients with gestational age at birth < 31 weeks
- Patients affected by meningitis or severe cerebral insults, congenital brain anomalies, congenital syndromes with suspected or known brain dysfunction
- Patients diagnosed with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
- Patients with significant airway abnormalities resulting in altered breathing during sleep
- Patients with terminal illnesses
- Patients with congenital anomalies of the face, ears, skull, or brain
- Patients with non-bacterial congenital infections
- Patients with congenital hearing deficits
- Patients whose parents or legal guardians refuse to participate in the study
- Patients already enrolled in other clinical studies.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Group White Noises and Maternal and/or Paternal voices Those in the intervention group will receive the administration of white noises and maternal and/or paternal voice recording.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction of heart rate alteration Through study completion, an average of 2 year Reduction, in the patients enrolled in the intervention group compared to the control group, in episodes of heart rate alteration associated with noises \> 45 dB (nursing diagnosis: risk of tachycardia - HR \>180 bpm - correlated with environmental exposure to noises \> 45dB).
Reduction of oxygen saturation alteration Through study completion, an average of 2 year Reduction, in the patients enrolled in the intervention group compared to the control group, in episodes of oxygen saturation alteration associated with noises \> 45 dB (nursing diagnosis: risk of desaturation - SpO2 \<90% - correlated with environmental exposure to noises \> 45dB).
Reduction of respiratory rate alteration Through study completion, an average of 2 year Reduction, in the patients enrolled in the intervention group compared to the control group, in episodes of respiratory rate alteration associated with noises \> 45 dB (nursing diagnosis: risk of tachypnoea - RR \>60 breaths per minute - correlated with environmental exposure to noises \> 45dB).
Reduction of episodes of apnoea Through study completion, an average of 2 year Reduction, in the patients enrolled in the intervention group compared to the control group, in episodes of apnoea associated with noises \> 45 dB (nursing diagnosis: risk of apnoea - HR \<100 bpm and SpO2 \<90% - correlated with environmental exposure to noises \> 45dB).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in Language Development Alterations From enrollment unitl 3 years of age The study will assess whether there is a reduction in language development issues in the intervention group compared to the control group. This evaluation will be conducted during a follow-up assessment at 3 years of age. The nursing diagnosis being considered is "risk of impaired verbal communication related to hospitalization in the NICU."
Reduction in Hearing Development Alterations From enrollment unitl 3 months of age The study will also assess whether there is a reduction in hearing development issues in the intervention group compared to the control group. These evaluations will be conducted at a follow-up assessment at 3 months of age and any subsequent audiometric examinations. The nursing diagnosis being considered is "risk of compromised hearing development related to hospitalization in the NICU."
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini
🇮🇹Genova, Italy