Music Therapy With Intubated and Sedated Pediatric Patients

The Effect of Live Music Therapy Interventions With Pediatric Patients Who Are Mechanically Ventilated and Sedated

The study is a randomized controlled trial of pediatric patients ages birth to two years of age who are mechanically ventilated and sedated as a result of a respiratory virus. The experimental group will receive twenty minutes of live, preferred music with a board-certified music therapist and the control group will receive twenty minutes of recorded music, also preferred, both interventions conducted at bedside. Caregivers will take a pre and post survey.

Data for heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure will be taken for both control and experimental conditions prior to intervention, immediately following intervention, thirty minutes post, and sixty minutes post intervention. Caregivers will take the Parental Belief Scale for Hospitalized Children prior to intervention and 60 minutes poster intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with respiratory syntactical virus, pneumonia, rhino, corona, bronchiolitis, or flu
• mechanically ventilated
• sedated
• Patients with underlying diagnosis accepted unless listed below
• Patients must have a primary caregiver present

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are oscillating
• have a previous diagnosis of severe or profoundly deaf
• have a suspicion of child abuse
• in custody of the state.