Babies that are about to get poked by doctors may benefit from the lullabies of Mozart.
A recent randomized, blinded control trial has found that calming background music during minor medical procedures can somewhat alleviate signs of pain in newborns.
The trial is the first of its kind according to a team from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, who worked with doctors to conduct the research among 100 infants at a community hospital in the Bronx, New York.
Typically, when newborns are about to undergo a minor painful procedure, they are given a small dose of sugar as a balm.The lullaby played throughout the heel prick and continued for about five minutes after. Parents were not allowed to physically cuddle their babies during the trial. An investigator regularly scored the infants' pain, using facial expressions, crying, breathing patterns, limb movements, and alertness as indicators. The investigator wore noise-canceling headphones, so they weren't aware if music was playing or not.
Ultimately, the newborns who were exposed to Mozart showed"a statistically and clinically significant" reduction in scores on the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale , and this was true before, during, and after the heel prick.
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