Evidence · Randomised trial
Effect of combined music and touch intervention on pain response and β-endorphin and cortisol concentrations in late preterm infants.
- Allied health
- Comfort and nursing care
- Developmental care and positioning
- Medical
- Nursing
- Pain and comfort
This paper is from 2017, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This randomised study from a neonatal intensive care unit evaluated a combined music and touch intervention in 62 late preterm infants undergoing routine painful procedures. Pain was assessed using the Premature Infant Pain Profile, alongside serum β-endorphin and cortisol concentrations. The intervention group had lower pain scores after two weeks and higher β-endorphin levels, with no significant difference in cortisol. It is relevant to non-pharmacological pain management and developmental care in preterm infants.
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