Child Health Nurs Res.  2013 Jul;19(3):198-206.

Effects of the 'Intervention - Mother's Song' on Physical Response and Behavioral State of Low-Birth Weight Infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Park JS
• Hong KJ
• Bang KS

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.

Keyword

Mother; Low-birth weight infant; Intervention studies; Neonatal intensive care unit

MeSH Terms

Heart Rate
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care, Neonatal
Clinical Trial
Mothers
Oximetry
Pediatric Nursing
Respiratory Rate
Singing
Vital Signs