Table 1 Mean and standard deviation for all NNS parameters
From: Profiling non-nutritive sucking skills in full-term and preterm neonates
Dependent variables | Group I (n = 90) | Group II (n = 90) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Number of sucks–measure 1 | 8.22 | 2.01 | 5.00 | 2.54 |
Number of sucks–measure 2 | 10.20 | 2.03 | 6.29 | 2.97 |
Number of swallows | 2.13 | 0.50 | 1.60 | 0.65 |
Number of bursts | 3.67 | 0.54 | 2.28 | 1.10 |
NNS duration | 5.10 | 1.38 | 4.25 | 1.21 |
Suck/le per swallow | 4.98 | 1.27 | 4.17 | 2.15 |
Pause duration | 2.53 | 0.85 | 4.38 | 1.68 |