Effect of Recorded Maternal Voice on Child's Cooperation During Cardiac Catheterization - A randomized controlled trial.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the effect of recorded maternal voice on child's cooperation during cardiac catheterization.


METHODS
Randomized placebo controlled trial.


METHODS
Cardiac catheterization laboratory at a tertiary care hospital.


METHODS
90 children with congenital heart disease scheduled for cardiac catheterization between July 2014 and Dec 2014 randomized to maternal voice group and control group.


METHODS
During cardiac catheterization, children in maternal voice group listened to a 3-min audio-recording of their mother's voice, played in loop, using head-phones. Children in the other group wore headphones without auditory stimuli.


METHODS
Child's cooperation during cardiac catheterization as assessed by Child Emotional Manifestation Scale.


RESULTS
Children in the maternal voice group showed lower mean (SD) distress scores [13.2 (4.6) vs. 16 (5.6), P=0.01]. The requirement of sedative agents during the procedure was not different (P=0.09).


CONCLUSIONS
Allowing children to listen to recorded voice of their mother is an effective strategy to improve cooperation during cardiac catheterization.
College of Nursing and *Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Department of Cardiology, Room No. 9, 8th floor, Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India. drsaurabhmd@gmail.com.
Daliya
D
Rajan
Gopichandran
G
Lakshmanan
Saurabh Kumar
SK
Gupta
Ramakrishnan
R
Sivasubramanian
Anita
A
Saxena
Rajnish
R
Juneja
D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D013637:Tape Recording