TABLE 2.
Normative NNNS Scores Based on Newborns Examined Between 20 and 48 Hours of Age (N = 176)
| NNNS (Birth) | Descriptive |
Percentile |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | P5 | P10 | P25 | P50 | P75 | P90 | P95 | |
| Habituationa | 77 | 6.00 | 1.85 | 2.00 | 9.00 | 3.00 | 3.67 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 7.67 | 8.33 | 9.00 |
| Attentiona | 145 | 5.36 | 1.02 | 2.60 | 7.43 | 3.29 | 4.00 | 4.71 | 5.43 | 6.00 | 6.71 | 7.00 |
| Arousal | 176 | 3.80 | 0.64 | 1.86 | 5.29 | 2.86 | 3.00 | 3.43 | 3.71 | 4.29 | 4.71 | 5.00 |
| Regulationa | 161 | 5.28 | 0.69 | 3.00 | 6.77 | 4.18 | 4.43 | 4.83 | 5.29 | 5.77 | 6.15 | 6.42 |
| Handlinga | 151 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.38 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
| Quality of movement | 176 | 4.30 | 0.53 | 2.50 | 5.67 | 3.50 | 3.67 | 4.00 | 4.33 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.33 |
| Excitability | 176 | 2.71 | 1.90 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 |
| Lethargy | 176 | 5.22 | 2.66 | 1.00 | 13.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 |
| Nonoptimal reflexes | 176 | 3.64 | 1.65 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 |
| Asymmetry total | 176 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 |
| Hypertonia total | 176 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hypotonia total | 176 | 0.30 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Stress abstinence | 176 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.18 |
a
NNNSs that require a minimum of items completed to be scored.