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Descriptive Information
Effects of Oriental Music on Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Lama Charafeddine
lc12@aub.edu.lb

SBS-2020-0284 / NCT04565210
Ongoing

Clinical Research - Clinical Trials (phase 0, 1,2 3 & 4)  


No
Coordinators
Fatima Nasser
fn23@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 5599
Conditions and Keywords
Premature,child behavior,neurodevelopmental disorder
music therapy,behavioral state,heart rate variability,premature infants
Study Design
Supportive Care
N/A: Not Applicable
Prospective
Double Blind
Parallel-Group
Randomized
Eligibility and IRB
Both
Min:
Max:
Yes
No

The goal of this study is to explore the effect of oriental music on premature infants’ physiological and behavioral parameters during their hospital stay in the NICU and later on their neurodevelopmental outcome.

Music exposure during care of preterm infants is the subject of increasing research. Many studies have shown positive impact of music exposure such as classical western music, lullabies or Quran on pain and physiological parameters of preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) setting. No such study have explored the effect of oriental music which is the main popular music listened to in the Levant and MENA region.


We aim in this study to find out if the oriental music exposure in preterm infants improves

babies’ physiological parameters, behavior state and later on their neurodevelopmental outcome at 18 to 24 months, then at 36 months.






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