NCT04049526

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

The Effects of Different Music Genres on Heart Rate Variability in Extremely and Very Low Birth Weight Premature Newborns: An Italian Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ospedale di Circolo - Fondazione Macchi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 90 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Detailed description

AIM: to investigate the influence of different music genres on Heart Rate Variability (HRV) of preterm infants. HRV has been previously used to evaluate autonomic nervous system fluctuations in heart rate related to maturation in healthy neonates and in neonates with pathological conditions. This parameter has been used to show how music could improve well-being and the development of the autonomic nervous system in infants. In this study, neonates (see also inclusion/exclusion criteria), recruited on the basis of birth order, undergo a daily randomized music listening program (25 minutes, every day, for 3 days) based on different music genres listening (soft pop-rap, pop-rock and classical music). Music programs is followed by 1 day of no music monitoring (25 minutes). An electrocardiogram is performed to evaluate HRV parameters in each neonate with and without music exposure.

Conditions

• Infant Behavior
• Infant Conditions
• Infant Morbidity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The influence of different music genres on Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in preterm infants	Neonates undergo a daily randomized music listening program (25 minutes, every day, for 3 days) based on different music genres listening (soft pop-rap, pop-rock and classical music). Music programs is followed by 1 day of no music monitoring (25 minutes). An electrocardiogram is performed to evaluate HRV parameters in each neonate with and without music exposure

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-01
• Primary completion: 2019-06-30
• Completion: 2019-06-30
• First posted: 2019-08-08
• Last updated: 2019-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy