TABLE 3.
Summary of General Characteristics of the NICUs, Perinatal and Sociodemographic Variables, Separately Subdivided on the Basis of the Developmental Care Quality Level (Number and Percentage)
| ICC Index | IPM Index | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (NICU = 13) (n = 97, 47 F) | High (NICU = 12) (n = 81, 43 F) | Low (NICU = 11) (n = 91, 44 F) | High (NICU = 14) (n = 87, 46 F) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Birth weight ≤1000 g | 27 | 27.8 | 33 | 40.7 | 31 | 34.1 | 29 | 33.3 |
| Gestational age ≤29 wk | 55 | 56.7 | 48 | 59.3 | 54 | 59.3 | 49 | 56.3 |
| Multiple birth | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.7 | 1 | 1.1 | 2 | 2.3 |
| Small for gestational age | 18 | 18.6 | 21 | 25.9 | 18 | 19.8 | 21 | 24.1 |
| Antenatal corticosteroids | 72 | 75.0 | 68 | 86.1 | 65 | 73.0 | 75 | 87.2 |
| Patent ductus arteriosus | 28 | 28.9 | 24 | 30.0 | 28 | 31.1 | 24 | 27.6 |
| Conventional ventilation | 64 | 66.0 | 40 | 50.0 | 58 | 64.4 | 46 | 52.9 |
| High-frequency ventilation | 10 | 10.3 | 8 | 10.0 | 9 | 10.0 | 9 | 10.3 |
| Oxygen dependency at 36 wk | 5 | 6.0 | 11 | 16.9 | 6 | 7.8 | 10 | 13.9 |
| Proven or suspected necrotizing enterocolitis | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| IVH (grade 1 or 2) | 14 | 14.4 | 13 | 16.0 | 17 | 18.7 | 10 | 11.5 |
| Sepsis | 8 | 8.2 | 2 | 2.5 | 10 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
F, female; IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage.