The Effect of Music on Neonatal Stress, Mother's Breastfeeding Success and Comfort

Celal Bayar University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Mother; Music; Breastfeeding; Newborn

Treatments: Behavioral: lullaby music; Behavioral: white noise music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06053931

Manisa Celal Bayar University (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the literature, music plays an energizing, soothing, stimulating and awakening role for the newborn, and at the same time, music has the potential to wake up a lethargic and withdrawn baby and calm a crying, restless baby. In addition, it is stated that relaxing music in the early postpartum period supports breastfeeding behaviors of mother and baby. It is stated that lullabies positively affect the newborn's relaxation, falling asleep, and mother-baby communication. however, it facilitates sleep due to its monotonous, emotional and repetitive melody structure, slow tempo and relaxing effect. The sound called white noise is a humming, monotonous and constantly used sound that suppresses the disturbing sounds coming from the environment and has a calming feature. In the literature, it has been found that white noise played to infants with colic reduces crying.

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of lullabies and white noise music played during breastfeeding of the newborn on newborn stress, breastfeeding success and mother's comfort. This study was planned as a randomized controlled trial with term newborns 24 hours after birth.

Full description

The hypotheses are presented below;

H1- White noise music played during breastfeeding reduces newborn stress compared to the control group.

H2- White noise music played during breastfeeding increases breastfeeding success compared to the control group.

H3- White noise music played during breastfeeding increases comfort of the mother compared to the control group.

H4- Lullaby music played during breastfeeding reduces newborn stress compared to the control group.

H5- Lullaby music played during breastfeeding increases breastfeeding success compared to the control group.

H6- Lullaby music played during breastfeeding increases comfort of the mother compared to the control group.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Over 18 years of age,
• Able to speak Turkish,
• Breastfeeding mothers
• Term and healthy newborn (born at 38-42 weeks, weighing 2500-4000 g, born with an APGAR of 7 or more, without any known congenital disease)

Exclusion criteria

• mothers who do not agree to participate in the research
• mother has a condition that prevents breastfeeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The women will fill out an descriptive characteristics questionnaire, which include questions such as age, education and employment status, number of pregnancies and children etc. Mothers will be asked to mark before breastfeeding on their comfort on the Visual Analog Scale. The number "0" on the scale indicates that it is not comfortable at all, and the number "10" indicates that the comfort is complete.The baby's stress level will measure with the "Newborn Stress Scale" before breastfeeding. While the mother is breastfeeding her baby, the breastfeeding process will be evaluated by the researcher with the "LATCH Breastfeeding Assessment Tool". Baby's stress level will be evaluated at the 1st minute of breastfeeding with the "Newborn Stress Scale". After the breastfeeding process is completed, the mother will be asked to fill out the "Visual Analog Scale" again to evaluate her comfort.

Lullaby group

Experimental group

Description:

The women will fill out an descriptive characteristics questionnaire. Mothers will be asked to mark before breastfeeding on their comfort on the scale. The baby's stress level will measure with the "Newborn Stress Scale" before breastfeeding. Before the mother starts breastfeeding her baby, lullaby music will be turned on to help the baby relax during 2 minutes. During the breastfeeding process, music will be played to the baby and mother for approximately 15 minutes. The baby will be observed by the researcher at the first minute of breastfeeding, and the Newborn Stress Scale will be filled in again. The LATCH assessment will be done within the first 15 minutes of breastfeeding. After breastfeeding is over, they will be asked to fill in the "Visual Analog Scale" in order to evaluate the comfort of the mother.

Treatment:

Behavioral: lullaby music

White noise group

Experimental group

Description:

The women will fill out an descriptive characteristics questionnaire. Mothers will be asked to mark before breastfeeding on their comfort on the scale. The baby's stress level will measure with the "Newborn Stress Scale" before breastfeeding. Before the mother starts breastfeeding her baby, white noise music will be turned on to help the baby relax during 2 minutes During the breastfeeding process, music will be played to the baby and mother for approximately 15 minutes. The baby will be observed by the researcher at the first minute of breastfeeding, and the Newborn Stress Scale will be filled in again. The LATCH assessment will be done within the first 15 minutes of breastfeeding. After breastfeeding is over, they will be asked to fill in the "Visual Analog Scale" in order to evaluate the comfort of the mother.

Treatment:

Behavioral: white noise music