Multimodal Neurologic Enhancement Improves Preterm Infants' Developmental Outcomes: A Longitudinal Pilot Study
Autor: | Michael R. Detmer, Kayla Evans, Johnathan R Malowitz, Kimberly Walker, Darcy DeLoach, Erin Shina |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Music therapy Developmental Disabilities Pilot Projects Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Critical Care Nursing law.invention Tertiary Care Centers 03 medical and health sciences Child Development 0302 clinical medicine Outcome variable Randomized controlled trial Pregnancy Reference Values law Intensive Care Units Neonatal 030225 pediatrics medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Music Therapy business.industry Infant Newborn General Medicine Length of Stay Treatment Outcome Infant Behavior Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Infant Premature |
Zdroj: | Neonatal Network. 39:16-23 |
ISSN: | 1539-2880 0730-0832 |
DOI: | 10.1891/0730-0832.39.1.16 |
Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this study was to identify the long-term developmental effects of a NICU music therapy intervention, Multimodal Neurologic Enhancement, provided to preterm infants in the NICU.DesignProspective randomized controlled study with one control group and one experimental group.SampleParticipants were medically stable preterm infants with a birth age of 31 and 6/7 weeks or less, admitted to a level-III NICU. A total of 84 participants were enrolled, and 48 completed the study.Main Outcome VariablePost-discharge developmental scores on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning: AGS Edition.ResultsThe experimental group performed significantly better than the control group on the Visual Reception and Early Learning Composite scores. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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