Music Therapy in the PICU: 0- to 6-Month-Old Babies

Authors

  • María Jesús del Olmo PhD
  • Cintia Rodríguez Garrido Phd
  • Francisco Ruza Tarrío MD, PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v2i3.245

Abstract

This article describes a live-music therapy intervention on the heart rate, oxygen saturation, and respiratory rate of infants in a pediatric intensive care unit. The infants in this study were hospitalized in a large teaching hospital in Madrid, Spain, where they were born in high-risk circumstances. This study highlights the importance of considering musical elements in the infant-adult interaction, using live music as a semiotic mediator in this interaction. In a random sample of 100 interventions with 0- to 6-month-old infants, data for heart rate and oxygen saturation were collected during six different periods: before, during, and after an interaction with live music and before, during, and after an interaction without live music. The music sessions included a keyboard and guitar as the main sources of harmonic support.

Keywords

arousal, emotion, music, stress, valence

Author Biographies

María Jesús del Olmo, PhD

Maríıa Jesús del Olmo, PhD, is a music therapist and an assistant director of the master of music therapy program at Autonoma University Madrid, Spain.

Cintia Rodríguez Garrido, Phd

Cintia Rodríguez Garrido, PhD, is a psychologist and director of the master of music therapy program at Autonoma University Madrid, Spain.

Francisco Ruza Tarrío, MD, PhD

Francisco Ruza Tarrío, MD, PhD, is the director of the pediatric intensive care Hospital Infantil La Paz in Madrid and academic secre- tary of the master of music therapy program at the Autonoma University Madrid, Spain.

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Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010)

Section

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