An observational study in Preterm Birth, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 1 Day to 10 Days. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-23.
Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne · Observational
Crying is a survival mechanism for babies and their almost exclusive means of expression until the age of 4 months. Babies 'cry is mostly related to pain, a feeling of hunger, discomfort or separation following the departure of a parent around. Crying is a complex but essential means of communication and information between a baby and his parents that raises the question of their meaning.
Very few longitudinal studies have been produced on preterm's crying. As the term approaches, the characteristics of preterm babies' crying are similar to those of term infants. But these studies date back more than 30 years and are obsolete in terms of the quality and performance of sound recording equipment and signal processing.
No study has looked at the genesis of the cry itself and the varieties of the cry of the preterm baby, depending on whether it was in a situation of hunger, pain, discomfort (bath).
This longitudinal study recordings of crying babies from 26 amenorrhea week to 33 amenorrhea week, 24 hours per week, each week until the return home. In the same time, parents will be asked to know the situation of the baby (hunger, pain, bath).
2,554 studies on the registry are indexed under Premature Birth; 498 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 112 across 777 observational studies indexed under Premature Birth.
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Infant born between 26 and 33 amenorrhea week will be included.
Exclusion Criteria:
Other: cries longitudinally registered
Their cries will be longitudinally registered from the age of birth to the return home using an automatic record device: Song Meter SM4.
Analysis fundamental frequency (f0)
Measured by PRAAT software for 24h every week
Time frame: at the end of hospitalization (on average 2 months)
Analysis roughness of the cry (PC1)
Measured by PRAAT software for 24h every week
Time frame: at the end of hospitalization (on average 2 months)
Analysis pitch of the cry (PC2)
Measured by PRAAT software for 24h every week
Time frame: at the end of hospitalization (on average 2 months)
Analysis NIP∑ (neonatal index of parasympathetic activity) index
Measured by monitor MDoloris® for 24h every week
Time frame: at the end of hospitalization (on average 2 months)
Correlation between crying acoustic structures and parent's responses
Measured by completed questionnaire by parents (Linear Mixed Model) every week
Time frame: at the end of hospitalization (on average 2 months)
Plan to share: No
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