Effect Of Early Intervention Program Applied To Premature Infants
Condition: Infant Development; Patient Comfort; Nursing Caries; Premature Infant Disease
MeSH terms: Premature Birth; Infant, Premature, Diseases
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of singing a lullaby with
      compassionate touch on early comfort and later on development of developmental support
      program in premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.

      H01: Singing a lullaby along with touching in the early stages of premature babies in the
      neonatal intensive care unit has no effect on the comfort score of the babies.

      H02: Singing a lullaby along with touching to premature babies in the neonatal intensive care
      unit in the early period and then applying a developmental support program has no effect on
      the social emotional skills of premature babies.

      H03: Singing lullabies with touch to premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit in
      the early period and then applying a developmental support program has no effect on the
      language skills of premature babies.

      H04: Singing a lullaby along with touching to premature babies in the neonatal intensive care
      unit in the early period and then applying a developmental support program has no effect on
      the cognitive skills of premature babies.

      H05: Singing a lullaby along with touching to premature babies in the neonatal intensive care
      unit in the early period and then applying a developmental support program has no effect on
      the motor skills of premature babies.
    

Detailed description: 
      Materials and Methods: This study is a randomized controlled experimental study. The research
      was carried out in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Application and Research Hospital Neonatal
      Intensive Care Unit between 28 November 2021 and 18 July 2022. Premature infants at 330/7
      -366/7 weeks of gestation who were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit were
      included in the sampling. The sample consisted of n=57 premature infants, n=27 in the study
      group and n=30 in the control group. Data were collected in two stages. In the first stage,
      mothers sang lullabies to the infants in the study group three times a week and touched them
      tenderly. In the second stage, developmental support program (GEDEP) was applied to the same
      infants for three months starting from the 40th week of gestation. The infants in the control
      group were given routine care. In data collection, Mother and Newborn Descriptive Information
      Form, Premature Infant Comfort Scale (PICS), Developmental Support Program Evaluation Form,
      GEDEP user guide form and Sound Decibel Measurement Device were used. Data were evaluated
      with Chi-square test, Student's t-test and one-way analysis of variance, Mann-Whitney U test
      and Wilcoxon test. For repeated measurements, dependent groups t test and Wilcoxon
      signed-rank test were used.
    

Intervention name(s): supported with the developmental support program
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Babies were developmentally supported with the developmental support program
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: This study is a randomized controlled experimental study
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care