Music Therapy for Preterm Infants and Their Parents: A Meta-analysis
Bieleninik Ł, Ghetti C, Gold C
Pediatrics · 123 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Meta-analysis (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2016-08-25 · Pediatrics · vol. 138 · issue 3
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Cited
- 232 citations · more than 95% of similar papers · 4.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 53 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Infant Development and Preterm Care · Music Therapy and Health · Infant Health and Development
- Keywords
- Medicine, Meta-analysis, Music therapy, Pediatrics, Intensive care medicine, Internal medicine, Psychiatry
- MeSH
- humans, music therapy, anxiety, parents, infant, newborn, infant, premature, intensive care units, neonatal, randomized controlled trials as topic, respiratory rate
3 authors
From NO
- Łucja BieleninikUni Research (Norway)
- Claire M. GhettiUniversity of Bergen
- Christian GoldUni Research (Norway)
Abstract
Context
Given the recent expansion of research in the area of music therapy (MT) for preterm infants, there is a need for an up-to-date meta-analysis of rigorously designed studies that focus exclusively on MT.
Objective
To systematically review and meta-analyze the effect of MT on preterm infants and their parents during NICU hospitalization and after discharge from the hospital.
Data sources
PubMed/Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL, ERIC, Web of Science, RILM.
Study selection
Only parallel or crossover randomized controlled trials of MT versus standard care, comparison therapy, or placebo were included.
Data extraction
Independent extraction by 2 reviewers, including risk of bias indicators.
Results
From 1803 relevant records, 16 met inclusion criteria, of which 14 contained appropriate data for meta-analysis involving 964 infant participants and 266 parent participants. Overall, random-effects meta-analyses suggested significant large effects favoring MT for infant respiratory rate (mean difference, -3.91/min, 95% confidence interval, -7.8 to -0.03) and maternal anxiety (standardized mean difference, -1.82, 95% confidence interval, -2.42 to -1.22). There was not enough evidence to confirm or refute any effects of MT on other physiologic and behavioral outcomes or on short-term infant and service-level outcomes. There was considerable heterogeneity between studies for the majority of outcomes.
Limitations
This review is limited by a lack of studies assessing long-term outcomes.
Conclusions
There is sufficient evidence to confirm a large, favorable effect of MT on infant respiratory rate and maternal anxiety. More rigorous research on short-term and long-term infant and parent outcomes is required.
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