Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Maternal Anxiety, Infant Stress, and the Role of Live-Performed Music Therapy during NICU Stay in The Netherlands.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06844396 (The Impact of NICU Music Therapy on Preterm Infants' Clinical Markers and Caregiver Wellbeing), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Impact of NICU Music Therapy on Preterm Infants' Clinical Markers and Caregiver Wellbeing
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of music therapy intervention on parent-infant attachment and parental anxiety in premature infants care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric research · 2026Pooled it
- Musical and vocal interventions to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Developing a Music-Based Mobile Health Intervention for Parents and Staff in Neonatal Care and Beyond: Online Focus Group Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Perceived Control in the NICU: Implications for Maternal Mental Health and Parenting in the NICU.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- Interventions to support postpartum health and well-being of parents with infants in neonatal intensive care units: a scoping review.Frontiers in health services · 2026Review
- Supporting continuing bonds for parents with infants with uncertain futures on neonatal units in the United Kingdom: co-designing a culturally sensitive music therapy intervention.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Evaluating stress and it associated factors in mothers of preterm infants in NICU: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Validity and use of the Neonatal Infant Stressor Scale: An integrative review.Early human development · 2024Review
- The effect of live-performed music therapy with physical contact in preterm infants on parental perceived stress and salivary cortisol levels.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Concept and considerations of a medical device: the active noise cancelling incubator.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Effects of massage therapy on preterm infants and their mothers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Benefits of Kangaroo Mother Care on the Physiological Stress Parameters of Preterm Infants and Mothers in Neonatal Intensive Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Role of Music Therapy with Infants with Perinatal Brain Injury.Brain sciences · 2022Review
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Having an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) elicits maternal anxiety, which may hamper parent-child bonding. We performed a prospective cohort study to describe anxiety in mothers of infants born before 30 weeks of gestation during NICU stay in The Netherlands, and investigated the influence of infant stress and gestational age. Second, we performed a randomized-controlled live-performed music therapy trial (LPMT trial) to investigate whether music therapy applied to the infant alleviated maternal anxiety. The relation between infant stress, gestational age, and maternal anxiety was measured in 45 mother-infant dyads, using the Neonatal Infant Stressor Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The effect of LPMT on anxiety was assessed in 21 mothers whose infants were assigned to either LPMT (
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