Cardiorespiratory effects of maternal sounds in infants born between 26 and 33 weeks of gestation

Crisanta Maria Gomes da Silva Leopoldo Portugal, Luís Octávio de Sá, Maria Hercília Ferreira Guimarães Pereira Areias

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Abstract

Background: Care delivery to preterm infants is one of the health areas that have made most progress in recent decades, leading to more interventionist and innova-tive obstetrical and neonatal practices. Environmental and behavioral factors in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have been studied in order to analyze and identify their impact on PTIs. Objectives: To identify the effects of maternal sounds in the cardiorespiratory parameters of PTIs admitted to an NICU. Methodology: An experimental randomized study was conducted with 18 PTIs who were randomly distrib-uted into 2 groups, in order to compare the effects of maternal sounds with the effects of the usual sounds at a NICU. Results: PTIs exposed to maternal sounds had a more stable heart rate (p = .000), higher respiratory rate (p = .000), and higher oxygen saturation (p = .000) than PTIs exposed to the usual sounds at a NICU. Conclusion: The results show the benefit of exposure to maternal sounds, leading to greater physiological and clinical stability of PTIs.

Translated title of the contributionOs efeitos cardiorrespiratórios dos sons maternos no recém-nascido das 26 às 33 semanas de idade gestacional
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)55-64
Number of pages10
JournalReferência
Volume4
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Auditory stimulation
  • Heart rate
  • Premature infant
  • Pulse oximetry
  • Respiratory rate

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