Table 2.
NNNS descriptive statistics and ANOVA tests to assess differences in summary scores across the 7 profiles
| Scores, Mean (SD)
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| NNNS Summary Scale | Profile 1 n=66 |
Profile 2 n=107 |
Profile 3 n=80 |
Profile 4 n=101 |
Profile 5 n=102 |
Profile 6 n=108 |
Profile 7 n=63 |
p |
| Attention | 4.16 (1.25) | 4.36 (1.20) | 3.79 (1.23) | 5.15 (1.16) | 4.56 (1.35) | 3.61 (1.01) | 3.29 (0.93) | <0.001 |
| Quality of movement | 4.39 (0.49) | 4.34 (0.57) | 4.22 (0.55) | 4.66 (0.46) | 3.86 (0.56) | 3.84 (0.67) | 3.80 (0.70) | <0.001 |
| Self-regulation | 5.34 (0.60) | 5.07 (0.37) | 5.00 (0.54) | 5.95 (0.47) | 4.41 (0.62) | 3.98 (0.67) | 3.80 (0.66) | <0.001 |
| Habituation | 7.31 (0.96) | 7.43 (0.37) | 6.70 (1.82) | 7.45 (0.95) | 7.40 (1.00) | 7.12 (1.36) | 7.00 (1.81) | 0.02 |
| Stress abstinence | 0.15 (0.96) | 0.14 (0.07) | 0.16 (0.06) | 0.11 (0.05) | 0.20 (0.05) | 0.21 (0.07) | 0.21 (0.08) | <0.001 |
| Arousal | 3.73 (0.46) | 4.11 (0.38) | 3.36 (0.48) | 3.44 (0.43) | 4.58 (0.64) | 4.87 (0.52) | 5.07 (0.41) | <0.001 |
| Handling | 0.30 (0.19) | 0.35 (0.18) | 0.26 (0.22) | 0.21 (0.14) | 0.41 (0.24) | 0.49 (0.26) | 0.49 (0.25) | <0.001 |
| Excitability | 2.74 (1.34) | 3.81 (1.03) | 2.21 (1.24) | 1.19 (0.86) | 6.30 (1.98) | 7.19 (1.91) | 7.94 (1.79) | <0.001 |
| Lethargy | 6.95 (2.48) | 5.43 (2.05) | 8.53 (2.67) | 5.50 (1.97) | 5.04 (2.55) | 6.50 (2.10) | 6.97 (1.98) | <0.001 |
| Hypertonicity | 1.03 (0.17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.27 (1.30) | 0.26 (0.74) | 0.68 (0.50) | <0.001 |
| Hypotonicity | 0.59 (0.82) | 0.39 (0.64) | 1.03 (1.16) | 0.33 (0.49) | 0.44 (0.54) | 0.49 (0.69) | 0.60 (0.71) | <0.001 |
| Non-optimal reflexes | 6.33 (1.84) | 5.27 (1.66) | 7.2 (1.75) | 5.71 (1.77) | 5.86 (1.94) | 5.90 (2.58) | 5.35 (2.54) | <0.001 |
| Asymmetrical reflexes | 1.52 (1.24) | 1.61 (1.29) | 1.94 (1.37) | 1.54 (1.44) | 1.60 (1.27) | 1.78 (1.40) | 1.19 (1.12) | 0.04 |