Cycled Light and Crying of Preterm Infants

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Crying; Sleep

Treatments: Other: Cycled light

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01513226

CH-160.7.002.920-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study shows that cycled light during neonatal care reduces infant's fussing and crying behavior at 5 and 11 weeks corrected age and improves growth during neonatal care.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• very preterm infants (≤ 32 0/7 weeks gestational age, GA)

Exclusion criteria

• major cerebral injuries such as intraventricular haemorrhage grade III (according to Papile 16) or periventricular leukomalacia or venous infarction (according to Govaert and de Vries 17) diagnosed by cranial ultrasound
• retinopathy of prematurity grade III and IV
• congenital malformations
• small for gestational age (birth weight < 3rd percentile)
• prenatal infections
• intrauterine drug exposure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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37 participants in 1 patient group

Dim light

Experimental group

Description:

Day and nighttime dim light conditions

Treatment:

Other: Cycled light