Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Do Hospitalized Premature Infants Benefit from Music Interventions? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
- Allied health
- Comfort and nursing care
- Developmental care and positioning
- Enteral feeding
- Medical
- Nursing
- Pain and comfort
This paper is from 2016, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Systematic review of 20 randomised controlled trials (1128 preterm infants, 24-40 weeks) examining recorded and live music interventions in the NICU. Outcomes were grouped into physiological parameters, growth and feeding, and behavioural state, relaxation and pain. Live music showed some benefits for sleep and heart rate, and some studies reported improved feeding and sucking. Heterogeneity and variable study quality precluded meta-analysis and firm conclusions.
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