Feasibility of Spectral Analysis as a Tool in Nursing Research to Quantify Patterns of Respiration in Premature Infants

Table 1

Demographic data of mothers and their preterm infants.

Variables	Overall ()	Group 1 ()	Group 2 ()
Mother’s age (year)	24.80 (6.35)	22.69 (5.29)	26.71 (6.89)
Mother’s ethnicity
White	67.35%	68%	66.67%
African American	30.61%	32%	29.17%
Hispanic	2.04%	00	70.83%
Delivery route
Vaginal	36.73%	44%	29.17%
C-section	63.27%	56%	70.83%
Infants’ gender
Male	40.81%	20.40%	20.40%
Female	59.18%	30.61%	28.57%
Infants’ birth weight (gram)	1080 (193.20)	1100.16 (120.30)	1058.30 (251.00)
Infants’ Apgar score
1 minute	5.65 (2.28)	5.84 (2.08)	5.43 (2.52)
5 minutes	7.17 (1.60)	7.08 (1.78)	7.26 (1.42)

Note: value represents the mean and standard deviation of maternal and infants’ characteristics.