Research Article

Short-Term Effects of Pacifier Texture on NNS in Neurotypical Infants

Table 2

Mean and standard deviation for all measured variables across all pacifiers and tactile dome arrays.

Barrel Shoulder Tip Smooth
5 mm 3 mm 1 mm 5 mm 3 mm 1 mm 5 mm 3 mm 1 mm

Total compressions 197.4 (35.27) 196.47 (29.53) 190.47 (26.76) 207.57 (37.58) 210.14 (31.55) 195.71 (27.9) 196.93 (48.29) 189.53 (35.53) 187.29 (33.42) 212.64 (44.29)
Non-NNS events21.67 (16.29) 23.93 (27.49) 16.27 (9.79) 16.64 (10.78) 21.93 (14.24) 17.93 (16.31) 26.2 (18.1) 18.8 (12.0) 20.86 (13.52) 16.6 (21.41)
NNS cycles 87.87 (17.46) 86.27 (17.92) 87.1 (13.33) 95.46 (20.28) 94.11 (16.2) 88.89 (18.71) 85.37 (27.19) 85.37 (20.49) 83.21 (17.69) 98.02 (18.0)
NNS bursts 19.27 (5.7) 16.67 (4.7) 16.33 (5.15) 16.71 (6.65) 18.57 (6.73) 16.29 (5.5) 19.73 (5.91) 16.8 (4.72) 19.07 (5.77) 15.09 (4.97)
NNS cycles/burst 9.6 (5.29) 10.8 (5.72) 11.4 (5.97) 13.79 (9.34) 11.5 (6.75) 12.43 (8.17) 10.4 (10.03) 10.67 (6.3) 8.93 (4.41) 15.2 (12.19)
NNS cycles % total 89.11 (7.54) 87.86 (12.54) 91.4 (5.04) 91.59 (5.84) 89.46 (6.55) 90.17 (9.81) 85.79 (10.64) 89.37 (7.6) 88.49 (7.38) 92.49 (6.11)
Pressure amplitude 17.05 (10.2)19.05 (12.08) 17.81 (7.9) 20.03 (7.42) 16.78 (6.28) 17.44 (6.95) 15.19 (11.55) 15.4 (8.68) 18.6 (13.11) 23.13 (7.76)
STI 74.43 (8.16) 74.52 (6.12) 75.26 (4.88) 72.72 (7.91) 71.25 (10.78) 71.52 (9.23) 77.1 (5.6) 71.63 (6.57) 73.27 (6.75) 70.06 (10.44)