The Effect of Music Therapy on Neonates Diagnosed With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Pilot Study
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (6) locations...
Intervention Type: Other, Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This study examines the effects of 6 different music therapy interventions on outcomes for neonates diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 6 months
Healthy Volunteers: f
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⁃ Infants who meet the following inclusion criteria will be eligible to participate in the study irrespective of race, religion, ethnicity, or gender:
• Admitted to the NICU immediately postpartum
• Gestational age 28 weeks or older
• No identified hearing disorder
• Do not have a diagnosed developmental disability (i.e. Down Syndrome)
• Do not have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Medically cleared to participate in the study by nurse or neonatologist
• Parent or legal guardian able/willing to give consent \& complete the PBQ (Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire)
Locations
United States
Louisiana
Tulane University Hospital
RECRUITING
New Orleans
New Jersey
Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital
RECRUITING
Hackensack
New York
Northwell Health
RECRUITING
New Hyde Park
Mount Sinai West
RECRUITING
New York
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
RECRUITING
Valhalla
Pennsylvania
Drexel University/Hahnemann Hospital-College of Nursing and Health Professions
RECRUITING
Philadelphia
Contact Information
Primary
Joanne Loewy, DA, LCAT, MT-BC
joanne.loewy@mountsinai.org
212-420-3484
Backup
Elizabeth Barone, MA, MT-BC, CCLS
Elizabeth.Barone@mountsinai.org
Time Frame
Start Date: 2017-11-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 200
Treatments
Experimental: Song of Kin
Voice (with or without guitar)- lullaby/ Holding meter
Experimental: Gato box
Simple rhythms using Remo Gato box will be played by the MT-BC using a 3rd to comfort, engage or sedate
Experimental: Ocean disc
Creating a consistent womb-like sound soundscape to comfort, engage or sedate
Experimental: Contingent singing
Provision of communicative vocalization-parantese to engage with infants, prosodic responses to infant cues (eye contact, body position)
Experimental: Tonal Vocal holding
Providing a 'blanket of tone' to comfort, engage or sedate
Experimental: Muted shaker
If infant is awake, the muted shaker will be used to entrain to the infant's vital signs-to comfort, soothe or sedate
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai