Effects of the 'Intervention - Mother's Song' on Physical Response and Behavioral State of Low-Birth Weight Infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- Author:
Ji Sun PARK
1
;
Kyung Ja HONG
;
Kyung Sook BANG
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Mother;
Low-birth weight infant;
Intervention studies;
Neonatal intensive care unit
- MeSH:
Heart Rate;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Intensive Care, Neonatal;
Clinical Trial;
Mothers;
Oximetry;
Pediatric Nursing;
Respiratory Rate;
Singing;
Vital Signs
- From:Child Health Nursing Research
2013;19(3):198-206
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to identify the effectiveness of the 'intervention - mother's recorded song' on low-birth weight infants in an neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). METHODS: This study was conducted with a nonequivalent control group pre-posttest quasi-experimental design and the participant group was low-birth weight infants who were admitted to the NICU. Forty-eight infants, 24 in each from two groups, the experimental and control group, participated in the study. RESULTS: For physical response according to vital signs, there were no significant statistical differences in heart rate, respiration rate and pulse oximetry saturation between the experimental group and the control group. For behavioral state, there was a significant statistical difference between the experimental and control group. CONCLUSION: The study results indicate that the intervention using mother's song had some significance as a nursing intervention with positive impacts. Such an intervention can help pediatric nurses improve infants' stabilization of their vital signs and behavioral states. By showing the effectiveness of such an intervention, the results of this study provide further evidence-based information in developing the practice of pediatric nursing.
