The Effect of Cycled Light on Premature Infants and Mothers

National Taiwan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Retinopathy of Prematurity; Quality of Life; Sleep Quality; Preterm Infant Development

Treatments: Behavioral: Cycled light Experimental

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05010252

202012022RIND

Details and patient eligibility

About

Irregular lighting and lack of light in premature infants will affect their health, produce negative effects such as physiological and visual development, and also affect the mother's sleep and quality of life. This study is to verify the effect and delay effect of two-week premature infants' light intervention on their physiological indicators and visual development, mother's sleep quality and quality of life.

It is planned to be in the Neonatal Moderate to Severe Ward of National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, and the subjects are premature babies born 32 weeks old. Divided into two groups of light intervention group and control group, longitudinal tracking intervention effect and six-week and three-month delay effect.

Full description

Background Dim, irregular lighting and lack of periodic light in the care environment for premature babies in Taiwan are currently common conditions. Irregular lighting and lack of light in premature infants will affect their health, produce negative effects such as physiological and visual development, and also affect the mother's sleep and quality of life.

Purpose To verify the effect and delay effect of two-week premature infants' light intervention on their physiological indicators and visual development, mother's sleep quality and quality of life.

Methods The preliminary plan of this study is to carry out empirical evidence and expert advice to confirm precise lighting and develop care intervention strategies for preterm infants based on evidence. It is planned to be in the Neonatal Moderate to Severe Ward of National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, and the subjects are premature babies born 32 weeks old. Divided into two groups of light intervention group and control group, longitudinal tracking intervention effect and six-week and three-month delay effect.

Enrollment: 320 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 32 to 40 weeks old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Premature infants over 32 weeks old, (2) Stable physiological conditions.

Exclusion criteria: (1) taking drugs that may interfere with sleep, (2) suffering from retinopathy (ROP) stage 3 or higher, (3) suffering from intracranial hemorrhage, grade 3 or higher, (4) suffering from upper limb injury or movement disorders, (5) The family has alcohol and drug abuse problems, (6) currently using respirators.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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320 participants in 2 patient groups

Cycled Light

Experimental group

Description:

It is planned to be in the Neonatal Intermediate Care Nursery, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, and the subjects are premature babies over 32 weeks old. Divided into two groups of light intervention group and control group, longitudinal tracking intervention effect and six-weeks and three-months delay effect.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cycled light Experimental

Dim light

No Intervention group

Description:

no intervention