A Multi-Site Study of Music Therapy Interventions on Vitals, Feeding and Sleep in Premature Infants

A Multi-Site Study of Music Therapy Interventions on Vitals, Feeding and Sleep in Premature Infants

This is a multi-site study of 272 premature infants >32 weeks who served in a randomized investigation (in morning or afternoon) where they served as their own controls. The infants' HR, RR, O2sats were measured with and without the implementation fo live music. The live interventions included songs of kin, selected by parents, the gato box and ocean disc played through entrained methods by a music therapist. The infants were evaluated within a two week period and in total each day including feeds, voids, activity level and sleep.

Inclusion Criteria:

Premature infants diagnosed with SGA, RDS and/or Sepsis >32 weeks Referred by Neonatologist IRB HIPPA Informed Parent for infant consent obtained in writing

Exclusion Criteria:

Infants with diagnoses other than the above