Acoustic Analysis of the First Babies Crying in Delivery Room and Adaptation to Extra Uterine Life

NCT04849234 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRBN262021/CHUSTE
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 41
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Interpreting the cry of new-borns is a real challenge not only for perinatal professionals but also for parents, who are confronted daily with those sounds. The description and the acoustic analysis of baby's cry can allow healthcare professionals to better adapt their care during the first months of life. Thanks to an objective analysis method as acoustic analysis, the particularities of the first cry should provide us information on the quality of adaptation to ambient air life.

Conditions

Premature Birth

Keywords

Crying; Apgar score; Infant Behavior; First cry; delivery room; extra uterine life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Fo : maximum fundamental frequency (Hz) of the cry

  Measured by device: Recorder ZOOM H4N and analyzed with PRAAT® software The F0 and Apgar score will be correlated

  During the first 15 minutes of life

• Apgar score (0-10)

  The Apgar score is determined by evaluating the newborn baby on five simple criteria on a scale from zero to two, then summing up the five values thus obtained. The resulting score ranges from zero to 10. The five criteria are : appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration. The F0 and Apgar score will be correlated

  During the first 15 minutes of life

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Pitch of the cry (Hz) Crying acoustic structures

  During the first 15 minutes of life

• roughness of the cry (Hz)

  During the first 15 minutes of life

• Duration of cry (s)

  During the first 15 minutes of life

• Number of cry

  During the first 15 minutes of life

Study Arms (1)

New born

New born population aged 37 Weeks of Amenorrhea (SA) to 42 Weeks of Amenorrhea (SA) will be included. Their cries will be longitudinally registered.

Behavioral: newborn cries

Interventions

newborn cries BEHAVIORAL

Their cries will be longitudinally registered from the age of birth until the first 15 minutes of birth using an automatic record device: Recorder ZOOM H4N. The wav-sized files obtained from each recording will then be analyzed indiscriminately via an acoustic processing script created for the PRAAT software® by the post-doctoral fellows of the ENES laboratory (Sensory NeuroEthology Team) on the site of the Faculty of Sciences of Saint-Etienne.

New born

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Minute - 15 Minutes
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Infant newborn

You may qualify if:

• Infant born between 37 and 42 SA
• Live infant at birth
• Parent who received informed written information about the study

You may not qualify if:

• \- Emergency after childbirth (haemorrhage)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne: lead

Study Sites (1)

Chu Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Premature Birth; Crying; Infant Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Obstetric Labor, Premature; Obstetric Labor Complications; Pregnancy Complications; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Nonverbal Communication; Communication; Behavior; Child Behavior

Study Officials

• HUGUES PATURAL, MD PHD

  CHU ST ETIENNE FRANCE

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 13, 2021
• First Posted: April 19, 2021
• Study Start: April 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 2, 2021
• Study Completion: May 2, 2021
• Last Updated: December 27, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)