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Longitudinal Study of music Therapy's Effectiveness for Premature infants and their caregivers (LongSTEP): protocol for an international randomised trial.
Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03564184 (Longitudinal Study of Music Therapy's Effectiveness for Premature Infants and Their Caregivers), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Longitudinal Study of Music Therapy's Effectiveness for Premature Infants and Their Caregivers: International Randomized Trial
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early developmental intervention programmes provided post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairment in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Musical and vocal interventions to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Music Therapy in Infancy and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Children: A Secondary Analysis of the LongSTEP Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Music for pain relief of minor procedures in term neonates.Pediatric research · 2024Trial
- The effect of paternal anxiety on mother-infant bonding in neonatal intensive care.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Effect of Music Therapy on Parent-Infant Bonding Among Infants Born Preterm: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
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- Preterm infants with severe brain injury demonstrate unstable physiological responses during maternal singing with music therapy: a randomized controlled study.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Patient and public involvement (PPI) reporting in maternal and neonatal clinical trials: an exploratory review.Trials · 2026Review
- Experiences and Perceptions of Hospital to Home Transitional Care for Parents of Premature Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.Nursing open · 2025Review
- Music Therapy with Preterm Infants During Kangaroo Care: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study on Physiological and Electroencephalographic Parameters and Parental Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Music Therapy with Preterm Infants and Their Families after Hospital Discharge: An Integrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- The Role of Music Therapy with Infants with Perinatal Brain Injury.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Music Therapy with Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-Discharged Mother-Infant Dyads: Developing a Method for Nurturing Communicative Parental Efficacy (CoPE with Music).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Parental Attitudes toward Consent for Music Intervention Studies in Preterm Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Soundscape of Neonatal Intensive Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Parents' Experience.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Music Is Life-Follow-Up Qualitative Study on Parental Experiences of Creative Music Therapy in the Neonatal Period.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Sensory Stimulation in the NICU Environment: Devices, Systems, and Procedures to Protect and Stimulate Premature Babies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Defining Attachment and Bonding: Overlaps, Differences and Implications for Music Therapy Clinical Practice and Research in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Family-centered music therapy-Empowering premature infants and their primary caregivers through music: Results of a pilot study.PloS one · 2021Article
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11 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
introductionPreterm birth has major medical, psychological and socioeconomic consequences worldwide. Music therapy (MT) has positive effects on physiological measures of preterm infants and maternal anxiety, but rigorous studies including long-term follow-up are missing. Drawing on caregivers' inherent resources, this study emphasises caregiver involvement in MT to promote attuned, developmentally appropriate musical interactions that may be of mutual benefit to infant and parent. This study will determine whether MT, as delivered by a qualified music therapist during neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) hospitalisation and/or in home/municipal settings following discharge, is superior to standard care in improving bonding between primary caregivers and preterm infants, parent well-being and infant development. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics approved the study (2018/994/REK Nord, 03 July 2018). Service users were involved in development of the study and will be involved in implementation and dissemination. Dissemination of findings will apply to local, national and international levels. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03564184.
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