In the NICU video about the course instructor's proposed music therapy research, which of the following is true?

• A. The study is looking at the use of music therapy to reduce pain and stress during blood draws.
• B. The research is enquiring about the use of music therapy to increase feeding / weight gain.
• C. Music therapy is being implemented to help manage pain during the removal of feeding tubes.
• D. The study of exploring the effect of different types of lullabies through the measure of cortisol levels

Answer: (A)

Music therapy in the NICU is used as a nonpharmacologic way to ease procedure-related distress for fragile infants. The main idea here is that soothing music can help reduce how much pain and stress a baby experiences during a painful procedure, like a blood draw. Blood draws are common and especially stressful in the NICU, so focusing the study on alleviating pain and distress during that specific procedure makes the intervention and the outcome clear and practical. The other options describe different goals—weight gain from feeding, managing a tube removal, or comparing lullabies using a biomarker like cortisol—which don’t match the described NICU research focus. So the statement about using music therapy to reduce pain and stress during blood draws best fits what the video outlines.