Effect Of Music On Breast Milk Secretion Among Mothers Of Low Birth Weight Babies Admitted In Selected NICU’s

Abstract

Study was conducted to assess the effect of music on breast milk secretion among mothers of low birth weight babies admitted in selected NICU’s with the objectives to assess the volume of expressed breast in experimental and control group after intervention and to determine the effect of music on volume of expressed breast milk.A Quasi experimental non-equivalent control group post-test design only was selected. Total 40 samples were selected by non-probability purposive sampling method. Assigned 20 samples each in experimental and control group. Mothers who are known case of hearing deficiency and who were identified with hearing problem during preliminary assessment were excluded from the study. In experimental group soft music was given for 30 minutes through headphones once a day in morning and milk was expressed at end of 10 minutes continuing to listen to music for 4 days. In control group breast milk was expressed without intervention for 4 days. Observation checklist was prepared to record the volume of expressed breast milk (in ml). Post assessment was done on day 4. The findings revealed that, on day 1 mean volume of expressed breast milk was 8.95 ml in experimental group which was more than control group (6.35ml). On day 4 in experimental group the mean volume of expressed breast milk was 33.25ml (SD= 2.69) which was more than in control group the mean is 24.20 (SD= 2.12). The calculated t value was 11.82 with p value 0.000 which is less than 0.05. Findings show that there was more increase in volume of expressed breast milk in experimental group compared to control group.