CompletedNot Applicable

The Effects of Different Music Genres on Heart Rate Variability in Extremely and Very Low Birth Weight Newborns

Italy30 participantsStarted 2019-02-01

Plain-language summary

AIM: to investigate the influence of different music genres on Heart Rate Variability (HRV) of preterm infants. Neonates undergo a daily randomized music listening program. An electrocardiogram is performed to evaluate HRV parameters in each neonate with and without music exposure.

Who can participate

Age range1 Day – 90 Days

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * gestational age between the 23th and the 32nd week * birth weight \<1500g * appropriate for gestational age, sufficient stability of the vital parameters and absence of active infections and episodes of apnoea during the 72 hours before the test Exclusion Criteria: * genetic anomalies, chromosomal aberrations, congenital heart malformations, intraventricular haemorrhage (\> grade II on ultrasound), periventricular Leukomalacia * neonates with failed responses to bilateral hearing screening performed by Automated Auditory Brainstem Response testing

What they're measuring

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) variation in preterm infants according to different music genres listening

Timeframe: Enrollment performed when sufficient stability of the vital parameters and absence of active infections and episodes of apnoea during the 72 hours before the treatment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04049526

SponsorOspedale di Circolo - Fondazione Macchi

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-06-30

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