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Jaschke AC, Mitra S, Bos AF. Music therapy in tertiary neonatal intensive care: A matter of unlikely allies? Acta Paediatr 2024; 113:1772-1777. [PMID: 38775297 DOI: 10.1111/apa.17297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
Abstract
Over the past decades, music therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has been proven effective in physiological and psychological outcomes, including sucking, behaviour, stress reduction, neurodevelopment and promoting emotional bonding. However, not every NICU administers music therapy in their ward. Research on music therapy for neonates and their caregivers has lately accumulated, increasing the evidence of health benefits on brain development and across a variety of NICU-related pathologies, including neurological, cardiological, pulmonary and gastrointestinal problems. Conclusively, we will present the studied methods of music therapy for clinical benefits in neonatal intensive care.
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Affiliation(s)
- Artur C Jaschke
- Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Music Therapy, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, The Netherlands
- Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neonatology, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Einspieler C, Bos AF, Spittle AJ, Bertoncelli N, Burger M, Peyton C, Toldo M, Utsch F, Zhang D, Marschik PB. The General Movement Optimality Score-Revised (GMOS-R) with Socioeconomically Stratified Percentile Ranks. J Clin Med 2024; 13:2260. [PMID: 38673533 PMCID: PMC11050782 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13082260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Background: The general movement optimality score (GMOS) quantifies the details of general movements (GMs). We recently conducted psychometric analyses of the GMOS and developed a revised scoresheet. Consequently, the GMOS-Revised (GMOS-R) instrument necessitated validation using new percentile ranks. This study aimed to provide these percentile ranks for the GMOS-R and to investigate whether sex, preterm birth, or the infant's country of birth and residence affected the GMOS-R distribution. Methods: We applied the GMOS-R to an international sample of 1983 infants (32% female, 44% male, and 24% not disclosed), assessed in the extremely and very preterm period (10%), moderate (12%) and late (22%) preterm periods, at term (25%), and post-term age (31%). Data were grouped according to the World Bank's classification into lower- and upper-middle-income countries (LMICs and UMICs; 26%) or high-income countries (HICs; 74%), respectively. Results: We found that sex and preterm or term birth did not affect either GM classification or the GMOS-R, but the country of residence did. A lower median GMOS-R for infants with normal or poor-repertoire GMs from LMICs and UMICs compared with HICs suggests the use of specific percentile ranks for LMICs and UMICs vs. HICs. Conclusion: For clinical and scientific use, we provide a freely available GMOS-R scoring sheet, with percentile ranks reflecting socioeconomic stratification.
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- Christa Einspieler
- Interdisciplinary Developmental Neuroscience—iDN, Division of Phoniatrics, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9712 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia;
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of Mothers, Children and Adults, University Hospital of Modena, 41124 Modena, Italy;
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- Physiotherapy Division, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town 7505, South Africa;
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA;
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Kiran Society for Rehabilitation and Education of Children with Disabilities, Varanasi 221011, India;
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- Reabilitação Infantil, Rede SARAH de Hospitais de Reabilitação, Belo Horizonte 30510-000, Brazil;
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- Interdisciplinary Developmental Neuroscience—iDN, Division of Phoniatrics, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls University, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Developmental Neuroscience—iDN, Division of Phoniatrics, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls University, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Leibniz-ScienceCampus Primate Cognition, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
- Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Mata Ferro M, Falcó Pegueroles A, Fernández Lorenzo R, Saz Roy MÁ, Rodríguez Forner O, Estrada Jurado CM, Bonet Julià N, Geli Benito C, Hernández Hernández R, Bosch Alcaraz A. The effect of a live music therapy intervention on critically ill paediatric patients in the intensive care unit: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study. Aust Crit Care 2023; 36:967-973. [PMID: 36868934 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Music therapy as a nonpharmacological means of managing patient pain, anxiety, and discomfort is a recognised technique, although it is not widely used in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). AIM The aim of this study was to assess the clinical effect of a live music therapy intervention on vital signs and levels of discomfort and pain for paediatric patients in the PICU. METHODS This was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study. The music therapy intervention was carried out by two music therapists who were specifically trained, each possessing a master's degree in the field of hospital music therapy. Ten minutes before the start of the music therapy session, the investigators recorded the vital signs of the patients and assessed their levels of discomfort and pain. The procedure was repeated at the start of the intervention; at 2, 5, and 10 min during the intervention; and at 10 min following the conclusion of the intervention. RESULTS Two hundred fifty-nine patients were included; 55.2% were male, with a median age of 1 year (0-21). A total of 96 (37.1%) patients suffered a chronic illness. The main reason for PICU admission was respiratory illness, at 50.2% (n = 130). Significantly lower values were observed for heart rate (p = 0.002), breathing rate (p < 0.001), and degree of discomfort (p < 0.001) during the music therapy session. CONCLUSIONS Live music therapy results in reduced heart rates, breathing rates, and paediatric patient discomfort levels. Although music therapy is not widely used in the PICU, our results suggest that using interventions such as that used in this study could help reduce patient discomfort.
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- María Mata Ferro
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Fundamental Care and Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Maternal and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Maternal and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.
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Maternal Anxiety, Infant Stress, and the Role of Live-Performed Music Therapy during NICU Stay in The Netherlands. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18137077. [PMID: 34281014 PMCID: PMC8297304 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18137077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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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 (n = 12) or waitlist (n = 9). Mothers completed the STAI before and after this period. Maternal anxiety decreased over time in all mothers, and was strongly related with infant stress (r = 0.706, p < 0.001), but not with gestational age. Anxiety scores decreased by 12% after LMPT, and increased by 1% after a waitlist period (p = 0.30). Our results indicate that LPMT in the weeks after birth may accelerate the reduction of maternal anxiety. Further research should focus on the effects on mother-child bonding.
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Span LC, van Dokkum NH, Ravensbergen AG, Bos AF, Jaschke AC. Combining Kangaroo Care and Live-Performed Music Therapy: Effects on Physiological Stability and Neurological Functioning in Extremely and Very Preterm Infants. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18126580. [PMID: 34207310 PMCID: PMC8296373 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18126580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Interventions such as kangaroo care (KC) and live-performed music therapy (LPMT), are increasingly used to facilitate stress reduction in neonates. This study aims to investigate the effect of combining the two on physiological responses and neurological functioning in very preterm infants. Infants received six sessions of LPMT. KC was added to one LPMT session. Physiological responses included heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation. We videotaped infants for 30 min before and after two sessions to assess general movements (GMs). We included 17 infants, gestational age median 26.0 weeks (IQR 25.6–30.6 weeks), of whom six were males. Combined interventions showed a decrease in heart rate from mean 164 bpm before to 157 bpm during therapy, p = 0.001. Oxygen saturation levels increased during combination therapy from median 91.4% to 94.5%, p = 0.044. We found no effects of LPMT or combined interventions on GMs. Infants with a postnatal age (PNA) <7 days generally seem to display less optimal GMs after therapy compared with infants with a PNA >7 days. In conclusion, combining interventions is equally beneficial for physiological stability and neurological functioning as LPMT alone. Future studies should focus on the effects of this combination on parent-infant bonding.
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- Loïs C. Span
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands; (N.H.v.D.); (A.-G.R.); (A.F.B.); (A.C.J.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +31-050-3614215
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands; (N.H.v.D.); (A.-G.R.); (A.F.B.); (A.C.J.)
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands; (N.H.v.D.); (A.-G.R.); (A.F.B.); (A.C.J.)
- Department of Music Therapy, ArtEZ University of the Arts, 7523 WB Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands; (N.H.v.D.); (A.-G.R.); (A.F.B.); (A.C.J.)
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands; (N.H.v.D.); (A.-G.R.); (A.F.B.); (A.C.J.)
- Department of Music Therapy, ArtEZ University of the Arts, 7523 WB Enschede, The Netherlands
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