Physiological and behavioural effects of music on infants: structured literature review of randomised controlled trials published within the last 3 years
Item
- Title
- Physiological and behavioural effects of music on infants: structured literature review of randomised controlled trials published within the last 3 years
- Author(s)
- Salostiy, K
- Abstract
- Background: There is a growing body of evidence supporting the use of music in the paediatric health care, and during the perinatal period in particular (Hollins Martin 2014, Standley 2012). The most recent systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCT) dates from september 2016 (Bieleninik et al. 2016). Objective: To evaluate the available RCTs investigating physiological and/or behavioural effects of music on infants, that have been published within the last 3 years. Design: Structured literature review. Methods: 5 electronic databases were searched from 09/2016 until 10/2019. Included were all RCTs investigating physiological and/or behavioural effects of music on preterm or term infants, that have been published in English in peer reviewed journals. SORT was employed as the quality assurance method (Ebell et al. 2004). Results: The 17 included RCTs encompassed 935 participants, of which 473 subjects underwent music intervention. Live music was offered in two ?studies; recorded music in fifteen studies. Seven out of eight (7/8) trials concluded that music has pain relieving effects in infants undergoing painful medical procedures. Music was shown to increase or stabilise SpO2 levels, reduce HR or stabilise it in 8/12 trials and decrease RR in 5/8 studies. 1/4 trials demonstrated music decreased BP and 1/2 studies showed music increased infants’ body temperature. Live music interventions were shown to improve the quality of infants’ sleep in two trials. Two studies showed that music can enhance sensory and higher-order cognitive brain networks. Only 3/17 studies were rated as good quality patient oriented evidence. Discussion: Limited strength or recommendation in the majority of the studies is related to lack of adequate sample size, follow-up less than 80% or bias in methodology. The results are fairly consistent with previously published reviews (Bieleninik et al. 2016, van der Heijden et al. 2016). The new evidence shows beneficial effects of music on infants neurodevelopment. Conclusion: Although some studies provide evidence of beneficial effects of music on infants’ physiological parameters, behavioural state and neurodevelopment, lack of long-term observations, data reporting issues and high level of clinical heterogeneity of the reviewed studies preclude strong conclusions on the effects of music in infancy
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2020
- Date Submitted
- 28.10.2020 18:08:19
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 16689
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- music, lullaby, infant, neonate, newborn
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- 0
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- Thesis
Salostiy, K, “Physiological and behavioural effects of music on infants: structured literature review of randomised controlled trials published within the last 3 years”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 4, 2025, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/166