Developing a Music-Based Mobile Health Intervention for Parents and Staff in Neonatal Care and Beyond: Online Focus Group Study
Julia Seinsche, Bettina Schwind, Jörg Haslbeck, Rosa MS Visscher, Dirk Bassler, Friederike B Haslbeck · 2026
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Description
Julia Seinsche and co-authors describe in 2026 the first design step toward a music based phone program for families and staff in newborn intensive care. Music therapy supports bonding and health for preterm babies and their parents, but trained therapists are scarce. The team ran online focus groups where seven parents, one grandparent, and twelve clinicians built a shared mind map of what such a program should do.
Five themes emerged, covering the program aims, wanted functions and design, content, acceptability, and use after discharge from the unit. Parents and staff sometimes weighted features differently, which the mapping process made visible. The authors say these user insights will guide building and refining the program. Later studies are planned to test usability, feasibility, and effects.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Julia Seinsche, Bettina Schwind, Jörg Haslbeck, Rosa MS Visscher, Dirk Bassler, Friederike B Haslbeck |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |