From: Prediction of nutritive sucking in preterm babies (<34 weeks) and preterm sucking readiness scale
Age nutritive sucking achieved | |||||
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Predictor variables | Within 7 days (n = 5) | Within 8–14 days (n = 16) | Within 15–21 days (n = 8) | After 21 days (n = 12) | p *value |
Age of mother (yrs) [mean(SD)] | 26.4 (5.0) | 25.8 (3.6) | 25.8 (2.7) | 26.5 (6.1) | > 0.05 |
Lower-middle socio-economic status (%) | 2 (40) | 1 (6.2) | 2 (25) | 3 (25) | > 0.05 |
Primigravida (%) | 2 (40) | 9 (56.2) | 2 (25) | 8 (66.7) | > 0.05 |
Singleton (%) | 5 (100) | 8 (50) | 4 (50) | 1 (8.3) | > 0.05 |
Gestational age (weeks) [mean(SD)] | 33.2 (0.4) | 32.8 (1.0) | 32.6 (1.2) | 30.8 (1.5) | < 0.05 |
Birth weight (g) [mean(SD)] | 1561 (138.9) | 1531.1 (142.8) | 1438.8 (165.2) | 1211.8 (201.2) | < 0.05 |
Intrauterine growth retardation (SGA) (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (23.1) | > 0.05 |
CRIB [mean(SD)] | 0 (0) | 0.9 (1.4) | 1.3 (2.1) | 2.8 (2.3) | < 0.05 |
Median (range) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–4) | 0 (0–5) | 2 (0–6) | |
Breastfed previous children (%) | 4 (80) | 8 (50) | 5 (62) | 4 (33.3) | > 0.05 |