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A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Different Types of Music Therapy on Physiological Parameters of Preterm Babies in a Tertiary Hospital of North India

Sukhwinder Kaur, Arun Mohandas, Parveen Kumar, Sanjay Munjal

Abstract


Preterm infants are vulnerable to a range of diseases associated with immaturity of organ system and stress stimuli during their stay in NICU. The music have a positive effect on their physiological measurements. Main objective of this study was to assess the effect of music therapy on the physiological parameters (BP, HR and SpO2) of preterm babies admitted in a tertiary care hospital of North India. One group pretest – posttest quasi experimental research design was adopted in this study. Six different type of music therapies (two active music therapies, two passive music therapies and two high frequency music therapies) were administered to identify the effect of music therapy on the physiological parameters of preterm babies. Thirty preterm babies who met the inclusion criteria were selected as study subjects by using purposive sampling technique. Result of the study shows that all music therapies except high frequency type2 music therapy produced a significant decrease in the BP and HR( p<0.05) and improved the SpO2 of preterm babies (p<0.05). The Indian passive music therapy was found to be more effective in decreasing the BP of preterm babies (p<0.01). The active music therapy (vocal) was found to be highly effective in decreasing the HR (p<0.01) and all music therapy significantly improved the SpO2 of preterm babies (p<0.05). This study also revealed that an increase in frequency of music negatively affect the physiological parameters of preterm babies. Music therapy was found to be effective in decreasing the BP and heart rate and improving the SpO2 of preterm babies. Thus the present study supports the use of music therapy in NICU.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/jopnn.v2i2.210

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