The Effect of Mother's Voice on the Levels of Pain and Comfort in Newborns

Newborns Clinical Trial

— Newborn  

Official title:

The Effect of Mother's Voice on the Levels of Pain and Comfort in Newborns on Mechanical Ventilation: a Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06387888
• Other study ID #: E-31034136-302.08.01-4221
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was conducted in a randomized controlled experimental type to determine the effect of maternal voice during care on pain and comfort level in term newborns receiving mechanical ventilation. The sample of the study was consisted of 60 term newborns receiving mechanical ventilation who were hospitalized in the 7-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital in Istanbul in accordance with the selection criteria. Introductory Information Form, Vital Signs Follow-up Form, Neonatal Comfort Behavior Scale and Neonatal Pain Scale (NPASS) forms prepared by the researchers were used as data collection tools.

Description:

Intervention group: During the care, from the beginning to the end, mother's voice was played to the newborns. It took about 20 minutes. The mini Bluetooth speaker and the decibel meter were disinfected with the rapid surface disinfectant used in the clinic. The speaker was placed 30 cm away from the infant's ear and the sound level in the incubator was adjusted to be 50-60 dB by using a decibel meter Mother's voice was played from the beginning of the provision of care and continued for 15 minutes after the end of the provision of care. During the provision of care, COMFORTneo scores, pain scores, and vital signs were measured and recorded on the vital signs follow-up form. Control group: Standard nursing care lasting 20 minutes was performed in the routine sound environment of the neonatal intensive care unit. COMFORTneo scores, pain scores, and vital signs were measured and recorded on the vital signs follow-up form.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Weeks to 41 Weeks

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Connected to a mechanical ventilator (intubation or nasal CPAP),
• Term newborns (born at 37-42 weeks),
• No neurological disorders,
• No congenital or acquired hearing malformations,
• The family consents for their infant to participate in the study,

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of asphyxia,
• Use of sedatives or analgesics,
• Congenital anomaly,
• Underwent an extra invasive procedure or surgical intervention,
• Parents with congenital hearing problems.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Newborns

Intervention

Other:
• Listening to mother's voice
During the care, from the beginning to the end, mother's voice was played to the newborns. It took about 20 minutes. The mini Bluetooth speaker and the decibel meter were disinfected with the rapid surface disinfectant used in the clinic. The speaker was placed 30 cm away from the infant's ear and the sound level in the incubator was adjusted to be 50-60 dB by using a decibel meter (Official Gazette, 2018). Mother's voice was played from the beginning of the provision of care and continued for 15 minutes after the end of the provision of care. During the provision of care, COMFORTneo scores, pain scores, and vital signs were measured and recorded on the vital signs follow-up form.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Istanbul Medipol University Hospital	Istanbul	Beykoz

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neonatal Comfort Behavior Scale	The scale is for 0-100-day-old infants and term or preterm newborns experiencing acute or chronic pain and treated with or without mechanical ventilation.	20 minutes
Secondary	Neonatal Comfort Behavior Scale (COMFORTneo):	COMFORTneo consists of 7 items on alertness, calmness/agitation, respiratory response, crying, body movement, facial tension, and muscle tone. Of these items, "respiratory response" is evaluated in newborns on mechanical ventilation and "crying" is evaluated in spontaneously breathing newborns.	20 minutes