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. 2024 Nov 9;11(11):1360. doi: 10.3390/children11111360

Table 2.

Change in type(s) of newborn pain treatment received by infants before (pre-) and after (post-) implementation of the intervention.

Type(s) of Newborn Pain Treatment Received by Infants
Any of 3 Types Parent-Led Sucrose Other No Pain Relief No Heel Prick Unknown if Pain Relief Provided Total
n % (Row) n % (Row) n % (Row) n % (Row) n % (Row) n % (Row) n % (Row) n % (Row)
Overall (all sites combined) Pre 3806 48.8 1971 25.3 1923 24.7 283 3.6 1376 17.6 136 1.7 2222 28.5 7801 100.0
Post 4152 53.8 1829 23.7 2373 30.7 221 2.9 889 11.5 138 1.8 2339 30.3 7723 100.0
p-value <0.0001 0.1353 <0.0001 <0.0001
By maternal–newborn unit (MNU)
Site 1 Pre 1000 38.1 224 8.5 782 29.8 31 1.2 904 34.4 18 0.7 678 25.8 2626 100.0
Post 1438 54.5 344 13.0 1115 42.2 20 0.8 529 20.0 3 0.1 656 24.8 2640 100.0
Site 2 Pre 901 43.0 769 36.7 156 7.4 150 7.2 110 5.2 9 0.4 930 44.3 2097 100.0
Post 798 36.6 640 29.3 167 7.7 110 5.0 128 5.9 20 0.9 1133 51.9 2182 100.0
Site 3 Pre 123 42.7 109 37.8 23 8.0 36 12.5 31 10.8 16 5.6 86 29.9 288 100.0
Post 141 53.4 139 52.7 3 1.1 25 9.5 14 5.3 28 10.6 56 21.2 264 100.0
Site 4 Pre 256 72.9 40 11.4 222 63.2 5 1.4 37 10.5 28 8.0 27 7.7 351 100.0
Post 260 79.0 78 23.7 195 59.3 1 0.3 13 4.0 30 9.1 26 7.9 329 100.0
Site 5 Pre 321 83.8 95 24.8 266 69.5 6 1.6 5 1.3 5 1.3 50 13.1 383 100.0
Post 332 81.2 9 2.2 326 79.7 2 0.5 30 7.3 18 4.4 27 6.6 409 100.0
Site 6 Pre 61 27.1 60 26.7 1 0.4 12 5.3 97 43.1 35 15.6 21 9.3 225 100.0
Post 95 44.0 93 43.1 3 1.4 8 3.7 37 17.1 23 10.6 53 24.5 216 100.0
Site 7 Pre 418 81.6 413 80.7 7 1.4 6 1.2 1 0.2 15 2.9 74 14.5 512 100.0
Post 372 75.9 372 75.9 0 0.0 9 1.8 4 0.8 15 3.1 91 18.6 490 100.0
Site 8 Pre 726 55.0 261 19.8 466 35.3 37 2.8 191 14.5 10 0.8 356 27.0 1319 100.0
Post 716 60.0 154 12.9 564 47.3 46 3.9 134 11.2 1 0.1 297 24.9 1193 100.0
p-value <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
By hospital birth volume
≤1000 Pre 1179 67.0 717 40.8 519 29.5 65 3.7 171 9.7 99 5.6 258 14.7 1759 100.0
Post 1200 70.3 691 40.5 527 30.9 45 2.6 98 5.7 114 6.7 253 14.8 1708 100.0
≥2500 Pre 2627 43.5 1254 20.8 1404 23.2 218 3.6 1205 19.9 37 0.6 1964 32.5 6042 100.0
Post 2952 49.1 1138 18.9 1846 30.7 176 2.9 791 13.2 24 0.4 2086 34.7 6015 100.0
p-value 0.0433 0.3710 0.0003 0.3133
By newborn level of care (LOC)
Level 1 Pre 858 62.4 622 45.2 253 18.4 59 4.3 166 12.1 94 6.8 208 15.1 1376 100.0
Post 868 66.8 682 52.5 201 15.5 43 3.3 68 5.2 96 7.4 226 17.4 1299 100.0
Level 2b Pre 1627 47.6 1030 30.2 622 18.2 187 5.5 301 8.8 19 0.6 1286 37.6 3416 100.0
Post 1514 44.9 794 23.5 731 21.7 156 4.6 262 7.8 21 0.6 1430 42.4 3375 100.0
Level 2c Pre 1321 43.9 319 10.6 1048 34.8 37 1.2 909 30.2 23 0.8 728 24.2 3009 100.0
Post 1770 58.1 353 11.6 1441 47.3 22 0.7 559 18.3 21 0.7 683 22.4 3049 100.0
p-value <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
By parity
0 Pre 1588 48.3 788 24.0 840 25.6 108 3.3 570 17.4 39 1.2 989 30.1 3285 100.0
Post 1773 52.9 728 21.7 1065 31.8 85 2.5 385 11.5 30 0.9 1086 32.4 3351 100.0
1 Pre 1381 50.1 738 26.7 676 24.5 92 3.3 523 19.0 53 1.9 717 26.0 2759 100.0
Post 1476 54.9 683 25.4 810 30.1 85 3.2 337 12.5 60 2.2 737 27.4 2688 100.0
2+ Pre 835 47.6 445 25.4 405 23.1 83 4.7 283 16.1 44 2.5 515 29.4 1754 100.0
Post 900 53.6 418 24.9 495 29.5 51 3.0 166 9.9 48 2.9 516 30.7 1680 100.0
Missing Pre 2 66.7 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 33.3 3 100.0
Post 3 75.0 0 0.0 3 75.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 100.0
p-value 0.6661 0.9793 0.7105 0.4885
By infant sex
Female Pre 1860 48.9 991 26.1 905 23.8 132 3.5 684 18.0 76 2.0 1056 27.8 3800 100.0
Post 1990 54.1 871 23.7 1146 31.1 106 2.9 414 11.2 65 1.8 1112 30.2 3681 100.0
Male Pre 1946 48.6 980 24.5 1018 25.4 151 3.8 692 17.3 60 1.5 1166 29.1 4001 100.0
Post 2162 53.5 958 23.7 1227 30.4 115 2.8 475 11.8 73 1.8 1227 30.4 4042 100.0
p-value 0.4012 0.1016 0.4217 0.1442