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Music Therapy Is Effective during Sleep in Preterm Infants

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  • Susann Kobus

    (Clinic for Pediatrics I, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany)

  • Marlis Diezel

    (Clinic for Pediatrics I, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany)

  • Monia Vanessa Dewan

    (Clinic for Pediatrics I, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany)

  • Britta Huening

    (Clinic for Pediatrics I, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany)

  • Anne-Kathrin Dathe

    (Clinic for Pediatrics I, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany)

  • Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser

    (Clinic for Pediatrics I, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany)

  • Nora Bruns

    (Clinic for Pediatrics I, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany)

Abstract

Recent research found evidence supporting music therapy for preterm infants to stabilize vital signs and possibly promote neurodevelopment. Even though preterm infants spend a considerable amount of time sleeping, the effectiveness of music therapy during sleep has not been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of music therapy on preterm infants’ vital signs with respect to the state of wakefulness. The first 20 consecutive infants born with <32 weeks’ gestational age (GA) from the intervention group of an ongoing randomized controlled trial received live music therapy twice a week until hospital discharge. The heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and state of wakefulness were recorded before and after therapy. We observed significantly lower heart and respiratory rates and higher oxygen saturation after live music therapy sessions in general (mean differences −4.9 beats per min; −7.0 breaths per min and +1.5%, respectively). When music therapy was applied during sleep, respiratory rates significantly lowered by 8.8 breaths per min and oxygen saturation increased by 1.6%, whereas in the awake state the vital parameters did not significantly change (heart rate −5.2 beats per min; respiratory rate +0.6 breaths per min and oxygen saturation +1.0%). Music therapy stabilized the respiratory rates and oxygen saturations in sleeping preterm infants.

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  • Susann Kobus & Marlis Diezel & Monia Vanessa Dewan & Britta Huening & Anne-Kathrin Dathe & Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser & Nora Bruns, 2021. "Music Therapy Is Effective during Sleep in Preterm Infants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-10, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:16:p:8245-:d:607985
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    1. Selina M. Kehl & Pearl La Marca-Ghaemmaghami & Marina Haller & Elisabeth Pichler-Stachl & Hans Ulrich Bucher & Dirk Bassler & Friederike B. Haslbeck, 2020. "Creative Music Therapy with Premature Infants and Their Parents: A Mixed-Method Pilot Study on Parents’ Anxiety, Stress and Depressive Symptoms and Parent–Infant Attachment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-18, December.
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    1. Susann Kobus & Marlis Diezel & Monia Vanessa Dewan & Britta Huening & Anne-Kathrin Dathe & Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser & Nora Bruns, 2022. "Impact of Physical Contact on Preterm Infants’ Vital Sign Response to Live Music Therapy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-9, August.
    2. Susann Kobus & Marlis Diezel & Monia Vanessa Dewan & Britta Huening & Anne-Kathrin Dathe & Peter B. Marschik & Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser & Nora Bruns, 2022. "Music Therapy in Preterm Infants Reduces Maternal Distress," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Susann Kobus & Marlis Diezel & Britta Huening & Monia Vanessa Dewan & Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser & Nora Bruns, 2021. "Parents’ Perception of Family-Centered Music Therapy with Stable Preterm Infants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-9, December.
    4. Susann Kobus & Franziska Bologna & Ines Maucher & Daniel Gruenen & Ramona Brandt & Martin Dercks & Otfried Debus & Eva Jouini, 2022. "Music Therapy Supports Children with Neurological Diseases during Physical Therapy Interventions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-11, January.

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