Table 4.
Results of Linear Mixed Models for Infant Neurobehavior Subscales (NNNS)
| Main Effects | Interaction | Covariate | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medication | Assessment Day | Medication X Day | Morphine Dose | |||||||||
| df(den) | F | p | df(den) | F | p | df(den) | F | p | df(den) | F | p | |
| Attention | 153.21 | 0.04 | 0.839 | 51.33 | 10.90 | <.001 | 50.24 | 0.50 | 0.77 | 108.88 | 8.83 | 0.004 |
| Quality of Movement | 179.73 | 0.55 | 0.461 | 54.49 | 19.78 | <.001 | 54.11 | 1.17 | 0.34 | 146.25 | 10.02 | 0.002 |
| Self-Regulation | 175.07 | 4.21 | 0.042 | 58.82 | 8.88 | <.001 | 57.96 | 1.06 | 0.39 | 149.37 | 5.24 | 0.023 |
| Non-Optimal Reflexes | 181.40 | 1.72 | 0.191 | 60.66 | 0.92 | 0.476 | 59.51 | 0.81 | 0.55 | 144.56 | 0.14 | 0.711 |
| Asymmetrical Reflexes | 166.58 | 3.08 | 0.081 | 51.13 | 0.71 | 0.618 | 50.60 | 0.56 | 0.73 | 136.15 | 0.34 | 0.558 |
| Stress-Abst Signs TOT. | 168.46 | 12.94 | <.001 | 53.30 | 0.21 | 0.957 | 52.13 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 157.14 | 4.25 | 0.041 |
| Handling | 172.30 | 11.40 | 0.001 | 54.56 | 4.13 | 0.003 | 53.18 | 0.62 | 0.68 | 162.50 | 0.05 | 0.827 |
| Arousal | 177.05 | 7.82 | 0.006 | 57.16 | 5.19 | 0.001 | 55.81 | 1.84 | 0.12 | 166.67 | 0.01 | 0.936 |
| Excitability | 184.57 | 12.70 | <.001 | 64.10 | 8.41 | <.001 | 63.55 | 1.71 | 0.15 | 156.60 | 0.97 | 0.327 |
| Depression | 164.00 | 1.80 | 0.182 | 74.95 | 4.67 | 0.001 | 75.22 | 0.32 | 0.90 | 148.24 | 13.53 | <.001 |
| Hypertonia | 114.99 | 7.50 | 0.007 | 53.99 | 3.75 | 0.006 | 52.22 | 2.31 | 0.06 | 92.16 | 0.03 | 0.873 |
| Hypotonia | 147.99 | 0.16 | 0.689 | 55.52 | 0.50 | 0.777 | 55.52 | 1.09 | 0.38 | 131.64 | 0.22 | 0.639 |
Note: df(num) is 1 for medication condition and covariate, and 5 for Assessment Day and Medication Condition X Assessment Day interaction