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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2011 May-Jun;60(3):197–207. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3182186a21

Table 2.

Parasympathetic (RSA) Resting and Challenge Responses by Domain Controlling for Child Age and Parent Education – Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and Community Sample

Study 1 Community Children (n = 32) Study 2 Children with SCD (n = 33)

Domain M (SD) Range M (SD) Range
Rest Story 1 6.29 (1.18) 3.72-8.27 6.70 (1.42) 3.82-9.89
Social* Social interview 5.76 (1.07) 3.27-8.03 6.80 (1.41) 4.39-9.09
Cognitive Number sequence recall 6.08 (1.16) 3.20-8.59 6.72 (1.40) 3.81-9.20
Sensory* Lemon juice taste 5.48 (0.89) 3.24-7.88 6.72 (1.56) 2.90-9.17
Emotion Fear movie 6.70 (1.30) 3.16-8.93 6.85 (1.55) 3.52-9.59
Rest Story 2 6.40 (1.35) 2.57-8.39 6.64 (1.49) 3.30-8.91
Domains Overall 6.00 (1.02) 3.49-8.24 6.80 (1.45) 3.84-9.23

Note. Domains Overall = the mean of the social cognitive, sensory and emotion domains

*

p < .05