Effect of Recorded Maternal Voice on Emergence Delirium in Children Under General Anesthesia

• DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001433
• Publication Date: 2021-09-19T23:00:14Z
• Authors: Cong Wang; Wei Wang; Shuo Wang; Rendong He; Haiqi Yang; Yong Jia; Li Chen
• Keywords: Male; Mothers; Blood Pressure; Anesthesia, General; Mother-Child Relations; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Emergence Delirium; 0302 clinical medicine; Double-Blind Method; Heart Rate; Child, Preschool; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Speech Perception; Voice; Humans; Female; Child

Abstract To determine the effect of recorded maternal voice on emergence delirium (ED) in children under general anesthesia, a three-group randomized trial was conducted. A total of 102 children were randomly assigned to mother recording group (n = 34), stranger recording group (n = 34), and control group (n = 34). All subjects were assessed for ED with the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Scale; pain with the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability Scale; and various recovery durations and hemodynamic parameters at six time points. One-way analysis of variance showed that the ED score was significantly lower in the mother recording group (F = 18.520, p = 0.000), and statistical significance was observed in the duration of eye opening (p = 0.001) and tracheal extubation (p = 0.002). Generalized estimating equations observed interaction effects on heart rate and blood pressure (both p = 0.000). Mothers' voice might help reduce ED in children under general anesthesia.