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Maternal Music Exposure During Pregnancy Influences Neonatal Behaviour

NCT01278329 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 339

Last updated 2011-01-17

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Summary

Auditory stimulation during pregnancy has been found to influence foetal behaviour with a potential of being carried forward to neonatal period. This study evaluated the effect of ante-natal music exposure to primigravida healthy mothers on the behaviour of their term appropriate-for-date newborns. This was a single centre, randomized, open-label controlled trial. Primigravida mothers aged 19-29 years, free of chronic medical diseases or significant deafness, with singleton pregnancy, with a gestation of 20 weeks or less were randomized to listen to a pre-recorded music cassette for approximately 1 hour/day in addition to standard ante-natal care (intervention arm) or standard care only (control arm). Peri-natal factors with adverse effect on neonatal behaviour were deemed as protocol violations. The infants born to mothers exposed to music during pregnancy performed significantly better on 5 of the 7 BNBAS clusters. The maximal beneficial effect was seen with respect to orientation and habituation.

Conclusion:

Music exposure to mother during pregnancy significantly influences neonatal behaviour.

Conditions

  • Normal Healthy Term Appropriate-for-date Newborn

Interventions

OTHER

"Garbh Sanskar" audio cassette (Times Music Inc., Mumbai, India)

Approximate playing time = 50 minutes. Mothers advised to listen to it once every day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • NSCB Medical College

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maya Chansoria, MD · NSCB Medical College

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
29 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-01-31
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2005-12-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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