Clinical Trial: The Contribution of Parent-infant Interaction While Singing During Kangaroo Care, on Preterm-infants' Autonomic Stability and Parental Anxiety Reduction

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Open Randomized Study on the Effect of Applying Music Therapy by Therapist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Brief Summary: The current study will investigate the combination of the two modalities in a mixed-methods design, in order to provide comprehensive knowledge regarding the effects of family-centered MT during KC, on premature-infants' autonomic nervous system stability (measured by parasympathetic tone, physiological vital signs and behavioral states); Parents' anxiety levels; And parents' unique experiences of the intervention. Additionally, the study will analyze separately mothers and fathers to elucidate similar and different effects