Parents' Views with Music Therapy in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Music therapy intervention (MT) could be used as an adjunctive therapy in PICU for anxiety and pain management. The aim of the study was to examine the perception of MT by children's parents in a PICU of a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study summarizing the results of an institutional quality improvement initiative. Questionnaires were distributed to parents whose children were exposed to MT.

Results

From April 2019 to July 2021, 263 patients received a total of 603 h of MT. Twenty-five questionnaires were distributed to parents over a 4-month period (February-June 2021). A total of 19 (76%) parents completed the questionnaire. The majority of parents thought that MT helped their child to communicate (89%), feel less i

SUBMITTER: Cousin VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9317819 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature