Department of Neurorehabilitation, "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music, Rome, Italy.
J Telemed Telecare. 2023 Apr;29(3):211-216. doi: 10.1177/1357633X20981213. Epub 2021 Jan 7.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, children with neurodevelopmental disabilities could not attend their usual rehabilitation therapies, with a consequent reduced support of developmental process and risk of worsening of their clinical conditions.
We prospectively enrolled 14 children with developmental delay, who had already tried a personalised music therapy (Euterpe method). We included them in a 12-day programme of home-based music therapy. The children and their parents were investigated using the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and the Parent Stress Index-Short Form.
Fourteen children started the intervention, while only 12 children completed all the planned home sessions and assessments. We observed a significant improvement in children's sleep quality and a reduction of parental distress.
The significant improvements in parental distress and sleep quality must be considered important achievements for the quality of life of a child and their family. Home-based music therapy can provide a feasible approach to improving sleep and parent's stress for children with developmental disorders.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，患有神经发育障碍的儿童无法接受常规的康复治疗，这导致其发育过程受到的支持减少，临床状况恶化的风险增加。
我们前瞻性地招募了 14 名发育迟缓的儿童，他们已经尝试过个性化音乐治疗（尤特皮方法）。我们将他们纳入为期 12 天的家庭音乐治疗计划。使用儿童睡眠障碍量表和父母压力指数-短表对儿童及其父母进行了调查。
14 名儿童开始接受干预，而只有 12 名儿童完成了所有计划的家庭课程和评估。我们观察到儿童的睡眠质量有了显著改善，父母的焦虑感也有所减轻。
父母焦虑感和睡眠质量的显著改善必须被视为儿童及其家庭生活质量的重要成就。家庭音乐治疗可以为发育障碍儿童改善睡眠和父母压力提供一种可行的方法。
