Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access
Open Access

Department of Music Education, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Publications

• Research Article   
  Effect of Music Therapy Applied to Interaction Between Moderate-Late Premature New-Born and Their Parents in a Neonatology Unit
  Author(s): Maria Janez Alvarez*, MJ Del Olmo, C Rodriguez and C Santacatalina
  
  Few studies on music therapy in the hospital setting delve into its influence on the early development of the neonate in interaction with their primary caregivers. The study aims to assess the effects of a live music therapy session applied in a Neonatal Intermediate Care Unit (NICU) for late-moderate preterm infants and their families. This is a quasi- experimental study of a cohort of 44 pairs of late-moderate preterm infants and their parents, exposed to music therapy in the first 2 weeks after birth. There are 3 observations moments (before, during and after the intervention), in which Heart Rate (HR), Oxygen Saturation (OSA2), level of behavioural- emotional activation of the infant and environmental response were measured. A statistically significant increase in OSA2 (p<0.001) was observed after the intervention, as well as a decreas.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2572-0775.24.09.261

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