Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of premature infants by groups
Variables | Sub-variables | Total n = 88 N (%) Or Mean ± SD | Groups N (%) Or Mean ± SD | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sucrose n = 22 | Scrose + swaddle n = 22 | Sucrose + non nutrition sucking n = 22 | sucrose + swaddle+ non nutrition sucking n = 22 | ||||
Diagnosis | prematurity | 46 (52.3) | 11 (23.9) | 13 (28.3) | 15 (32.6) | 7 (15.2) | 0.316* |
hyper bilirubinemia | 14 (15.9) | 4 (28.6) | 3 (21.4) | 2 (14.3) | 5 (35.7) | ||
Sepsis | 2 (2.3) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
transient tachypnea | 2 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | ||
respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) | 21 (23.9) | 5 (23.8) | 5 (23.8) | 4 (19.0) | 7 (33.3) | ||
very low weight | 3 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (66.7) | ||
Delivery type | natural delivery | 8 (9.1) | 3 (37.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (37.5) | 2 (25.0) | 0.348* |
cesarean | 80 (90.9) | 19 (23.8) | 22 (27.5) | 19 (23.8) | 20 (25.0) | ||
Gender | boy | 46 (52.3) | 13 (28.3) | 10 (21.7) | 13 (28.3) | 10 (21.7) | 0.650* |
girl | 42 (47.7) | 9 (21.4) | 12 (28.6) | 9 (21.4) | 12 (28.6) | ||
Gestational age (week) | 33.89 ± 1.67 | 33.77 ± 1.60 | 33.50 ± 1.84 | 34.13 ± 1.30 | 34.16 ± 1.88 | ||
Age (day) | 4.56 ± 3.76 | 4.50 ± 4.11 | 4.73 ± 3.95 | 4.91 ± 3.53 | 4.09 ± 3.66 | 0.905** | |
Weight (gr) | 2167.16 ± 569.26 | 2150.91 ± 451.43 | 1975.91 ± 535.42 | 2300.68 ± 514.76 | 2241.14 ± 723.94 | 0.255** | |
Apgar (min 1) | 8.53 ± 0.58 | 8.59 ± 0.66 | 8.45 ± 0.51 | 8.50 ± 0.59 | 8.59 ± 0.59 | 0.832** | |
Apgar (min 5) | 9.60 ± 0.59 | 9.64 ± 0.65 | 9.41 ± 0.66 | 9.59 ± 0.59 | 9.77 ± 0.42 | 0.246** | |