ArticleIranian journal of nursing and midwifery research
Effects of music therapy on pain responses induced by blood sampling in premature infants: A randomized cross-over trial.
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- Musical and vocal interventions to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- First Brazilian recommendation on physiotherapy with sensory motor stimulation in newborns and infants in the intensive care unit.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaPooled it
- White noise's effect on premature infants' physiological parameters during peripheral intravenous catheter insertion.BMC pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Comparing the effects of oral sucrose and kangaroo mother care on selected physiological variables and pain resulting from venipuncture in premature newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units.European journal of medical research · 2024Trial
- Music-based research in neonatal intensive care units requires guidelines grounded in developmental neurology and responsive to the individual needs of preterm infants.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Music Therapy with Preterm Infants and Their Families after Hospital Discharge: An Integrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Music Intervention for Pain Control in the Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Mozart's or Ambient Music do not Affect Autoalgometric Pain Threshold.Translational medicine @ UniSa · 2020Article
- Feasibility of Live-Performed Music Therapy for Extremely and Very Preterm Infants in a Tertiary NICU.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- A Review of Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Pain Management in Newborn Infants.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundPremature infants are subjected to many painful procedures during care and treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of music therapy on physiological and behavioral pain responses of premature infants during and after blood sampling. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study was a cross-over clinical trial conducted on 20 infants in a hospital affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences for a 5-month period in 2011. In the experimental group, Transitions music was played from 5 min before until 10 min after blood sampling. The infants' facial expressions and physiological measures were recorded from 10 min before until 10 min after sampling. All steps and measurements, except music therapy, were the same for the control group. Data were analyzed using SAS and SPSS software through analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square tests.
resultsThere were significant differences between the experimental and control groups (P = 0.022) in terms of heart rate during needle extraction and at the first 5 min after sampling (P = 0.005). Considering the infant's sleep-wake state in the second 5 min before sampling, the statistical difference was significant (P = 0.044). Difference was significant (P = 0.045) during injection of the needle, in the first 5 min after sampling (P = 0.002), and in the second 5 min after sampling (P = 0.005). There were significant difference in infants' facial expressions of pain in the first 5 min after sampling (P = 0.001).
conclusionsMusic therapy reduces the physiological and behavioral responses of pain during and after blood sampling.
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