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Effects of Music Therapy on Breastfeeding Among Mothers of Premature Newborns

NCT00930761 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2009-10-15

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of music therapy on breastfeeding rates among mothers of premature newborns.

Hypothesis: Music therapy applied to mothers of premature newborns increases the rates of maternal breastfeeding at the time of the infant hospital discharge and at follow-up visits.

Conditions

  • Breastfeeding

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music therapy

Music therapy sessions systematically offered to all mothers in the intervention group, three times a week, not mandatory, conducted by two music therapists in an appropriate room, during 60 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maternidade Escola da UFRJ

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martha NS Vianna, MSc · UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) Maternidade Escola

  • Arnaldo P Barbosa, MD, MSc, PhD · UFRJ School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

  • Albelino S Carvalhaes · UFRJ Maternidade Escola

  • Antonio LA Cunha, MD, MSc, PhD · UFRJ School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-06-30
Completion
2007-10-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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