Clinical Study
Motor Responses and Weight Gaining in Neonates through Use of Two Methods of Earmuff and Receiving Silence in NICU
Table 1
Demographic characteristics in three groups.
| | | Ear pad group | Silent group | Control group | value | | | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| | Birth weight | 1529.3 | 503.9 | 1631 | 558.9 | 1669.3 | 533.3 | 0.3 | | Gestational age (weeks) | 31.4 | 2.8 | 31.9 | 1.7 | 31.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 | | Postnatal age (days) | 7.1 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 5.03 | 3.5 | 0.2 | | APGAR score (first min) | 7.4 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | | APGAR score (fifth min) | 8.5 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 1 | 8.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
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One-way ANOVA.
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