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Table 4 Mean (SD) vital signs before, during and after the intervention by group

From: Music Use for Sedation in Critically ill Children (MUSiCC trial): a pilot randomized controlled trial

Variables

Prior to the intervention

15 min of the intervention

% of change from prior to the intervention

The end of the intervention

% of change from prior to the intervention

30 min after the intervention

% of change from prior to the intervention

P value

Music

 HR/minute

122 (23.3)

119 (25.2)*

1.84

120 (24.7)

1.46

121 (25.6)

0.54

0.004

 RR/minute

27.2 (7.7)

27.0 (7.65)

0.73

27.2 (9.29)

0.22

27.9 (8.74)

2.50

0.631

 SBP—mmHg

88.3 (13.1)

88.6 (12.91)

0.33

87.4 (13.4)

0.96

87.8 (13.8)

0.59

0.438

 DBP—mmHg

49.9 (9.62)

49.6 (9.41)

0.58

48.9 (9.75)

2.02

49.4 (9.69)

1.10

0.306

 O2 saturation—%

92.9 (7.92)

92.7 (8.24)

0.18

91.7 (11.1)

1.23

92.8 (8.39)

0.11

0.378

Noise cancellation

 HR/minute

126 (23.3)

124 (21.6) *

1.54

124 (21.5)

1.20

125 (22.1)

1.15

0.021

 RR/minute

27.2 (6.58)

25.5 (6.03) *

6.30

26.6 (6.76)

2.27

27 (8.22)

1.03

0.001

 SBP—mmHg

85.6 (13.7)

82.9 (11.6)

3.21

83.9 (13.1)

2.04

84.6 (11.6)

1.26

0.112

 DBP—mmHg

48.3 (9.72)

47.2 (8.12)

2.17

47.5 (9.04)

1.57

47.8 (9.64)

0.97

0.265

 O2 saturation—%

93.6 (7.84)

93.7 (7.39)

0.13

93.8 (7.16)

0.15

93.7 (7.47)

0.13

0.481

  1. HR heart rate, RR respiratory rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure
  2. *P value = 0.008 compare to the “Prior to the intervention value”