Parental singing during kangaroo care: parents' experiences of singing to their preterm infant in the NICU DOI Creative Commons
Pernilla Hugoson, Friederike Haslbeck, Ulrika Ådén

et al.

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Introduction Singing fosters emotional connections, attachment, bonding, and language development in infants. Prematurely born infants, however, are at risk of missing this vital communication, impacting neurodevelopment family wellbeing, especially during prolonged hospital stays. Kangaroo care provides physiological support, while Creative Music Therapy (CMT) has demonstrated positive effects on neurodevelopment, parental attachment. The project, a Swedish-Finnish multi-center randomized controlled trial (RCT), investigated the impact singing kangaroo care. This qualitative follow-up study explores these findings through lens Antonovsky's Sense Coherence (SOC) model. Method Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 families (20 intervention group, eight control group) their infant's 5-month corrected age. group received CMT twice weekly for 4 weeks NICU, standard Data analyzed inductively, followed by deductive categorization within SOC framework, focusing its three core components: Manageability, Comprehensibility, Meaningfulness. Results Parents reported enhanced understanding how attachment boosts self-esteem, aligning increased manageability comprehensibility. Control parents also experienced joy singing, which positively influenced albeit less extensively. Across both groups, was described as meaningful activity that strengthened parent-infant bonding promoted connection family. Conclusion Parental care, particularly when supported trained music therapist, enhances parents' sense coherence fostering comprehensibility, manageability, meaningfulness. highlights long-term benefits integrating into family-centered NICU to support infants' wellbeing.

Language: Английский

Parental singing during kangaroo care: parents' experiences of singing to their preterm infant in the NICU DOI Creative Commons
Pernilla Hugoson, Friederike Haslbeck, Ulrika Ådén

et al.

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Introduction Singing fosters emotional connections, attachment, bonding, and language development in infants. Prematurely born infants, however, are at risk of missing this vital communication, impacting neurodevelopment family wellbeing, especially during prolonged hospital stays. Kangaroo care provides physiological support, while Creative Music Therapy (CMT) has demonstrated positive effects on neurodevelopment, parental attachment. The project, a Swedish-Finnish multi-center randomized controlled trial (RCT), investigated the impact singing kangaroo care. This qualitative follow-up study explores these findings through lens Antonovsky's Sense Coherence (SOC) model. Method Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 families (20 intervention group, eight control group) their infant's 5-month corrected age. group received CMT twice weekly for 4 weeks NICU, standard Data analyzed inductively, followed by deductive categorization within SOC framework, focusing its three core components: Manageability, Comprehensibility, Meaningfulness. Results Parents reported enhanced understanding how attachment boosts self-esteem, aligning increased manageability comprehensibility. Control parents also experienced joy singing, which positively influenced albeit less extensively. Across both groups, was described as meaningful activity that strengthened parent-infant bonding promoted connection family. Conclusion Parental care, particularly when supported trained music therapist, enhances parents' sense coherence fostering comprehensibility, manageability, meaningfulness. highlights long-term benefits integrating into family-centered NICU to support infants' wellbeing.

Language: Английский

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