Table 2.

Evaluation of patients’ feeding skills

Feeding skills	Mean±SD	Median (min-max)
NNS day 0*	5.9±4.1	6 (–4–13)
NNS day 5*,£	17.1±11.5	15 (10–67)
NNS day 10£	24.5±12.8	20 (10–67)
OFS day 0†	1.09±0.3	1 (1–2)
OFS day 5†,µ	1.9±0.62	2 (1–3)
OFS day 10µ	2.69±0.83	3 (1–4)

^*: Comparison NNS day 0 and day 5 p<0.01; ^£: Comparison NNS day 5 and day 10 p<0.01; ^†: Comparison OFS day 0 and day 5 p<0.01; ^µ: comparison OFS day 5 and day 10 p<0.01. SD: Standard derivation; min: Minimum; max: Maximum; NNS: Non-nutritive sucking; OFS: Oral feeding skills.