Creative Music Therapy in Newborns With Congenital Heart Disease
Creative Music Therapy in Newborns With Congenital Heart Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial
University Children's Hospital, Zurich
164 participants
Nov 22, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
In the context of a clinical trial, the investigators will evaluate if parent-infant interaction can be improved by a family integrated, individualised, interactive resource- and needs-oriented music therapy approach in the dyads of infants with congenital heart disease and their parents. This intervention will be compared with the standard of care. Infants allocated to the control group will receive standard care during admission. Standard care includes involvement of a multi-professional team consisting of medical and nursing team, psychologists/psychiatrists, social workers, breastfeeding counsellor, speech therapist, nutritional counsellor and physiotherapists.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- All newborn infants with CHD born >35 weeks of gestational and <28 days at diagnosis of CHD irrespective of severity of the heart disease
- Admitted to Neonatal Intensiv Care Unit/Pediatric Intensiv Care Unit (NICU/PICU) at the Children's University Hospital
- Infants with syndromes and /or confirmed chromosomal abnormalities
Exclusion Criteria1
- \- Gestational age at birth <35 weeks, age >28 days at diagnosis of CHD
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Interventions
Creative Music Therapy 3x20 minutes per week during admission, at least 10 session during admission, after discharge once every other week until 6 months of age.
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NCT05702203