Table 3.
Absolute differences in total crying duration and time spent fussing, crying and colicky crying (minutes/day)
| BL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | A+B | C | |||
| n=49 | n=49 | n=49 | p Value | n=98 | n=49 | p Value | |
| Fussing | 107 [76–143] | 116 [86–181] | 107 [76–174] | 0.460 | 110 [81–158] | 107 [76–174] | 0.829 |
| Crying | 74 [48–104] | 88 [57–112] | 86 [49–111] | 0.169 | 80 [53–110] | 86 [49–111] | 0.971 |
| Colicky crying | 36 [18–89] | 46 [15–93] | 55 [22–101] | 0.517 | 42 [17–92] | 55 [22–101] | 0.272 |
| TC | 234 [178–293] | 270 [211–331] | 262 [214–336] | 0.061 | 252 [204–311] | 262 [214–336] | 0.355 |
| IW1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | p Value | A+B | C | p Value | |
| n=49 | n=49 | n=49 | n=98 | n=49 | |||
| Fussing | 78 [56–114]* | 86 [56–164]† | 96 [66–152]‡ | 0.270 | 80 [56–138]§ | 96 [66–152]‡ | 0.160 |
| Crying | 59 [32–83] | 59 [47–88] | 59 [45–95] | 0.636 | 59 [38–83] | 59 [45–95] | 0.612 |
| Colicky crying | 15 [2–43]* | 18 [6–37]† | 26 [9–51]‡ | 0.268 | 18 [4–40]§ | 26 [9–51]‡ | 0.115 |
| TC | 157 [128–235] | 192 [134–247] | 206 [153–270] | 0.046 | 170 [132–246] | 206 [153–270] | 0.032 |
| IW2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | p Value | A+B | C | p Value | |
| n=48 | n=49 | n=48 | n=97 | n=48 | |||
| Fussing | 72 [49–95]* | 87 [44–145]† | 85 [50–131]† | 0.231 | 76 [48–106]¶ | 85 [50–131]† | 0.355 |
| Crying | 42 [25–70] | 44 [28–70] | 56 [32–82] | 0.268 | 44 [26–69] | 56 [32–82] | 0.105 |
| Colicky crying | 9 [2–36]* | 8 [2–26]† | 13 [4–36]† | 0.513 | 9 [2–32]¶ | 13 [4–36]† | 0.331 |
| TC | 136 [104–178] | 139 [96–225] | 176 [133–223] | 0.051 | 137 [101–200] | 176 [133–223] | 0.020 |
| FU | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | p Value | A+B | C | p Value | |
| n=47 | n=49 | n=48 | n=96 | n=48 | |||
| Fussing | 66 [41–98]** | 68 [42–127]† | 88 [45–133]† | 0.328 | 66 [41–100]†† | 88 [45–133]† | 0.173 |
| Crying | 43 [17–67] | 39 [26–60] | 42 [31–84] | 0.771 | 41 [22–66] | 42 [31–84] | 0.498 |
| Colicky crying | 3 [0–21]** | 0 [0–11]† | 13 [0–26]† | 0.055 | 3 [0–17]†† | 13 [0–26]† | 0.028 |
| TC | 115 [81–181] | 128 [87–214] | 164 [112–230] | 0.170 | 123 [87–197] | 164 [112–230] | 0.073 |
Statistically significant p values (p≤0.05) are indicated by bold text. P values representing a statistical tendency towards significance (p=0.051–0.1) are italicised.
Data are presented as median [IQR].
Kruskal-Wallis H test and Mann Whitney U test used.
*n=45.
†n=47.
‡n=48.
§n=94.
¶n=93.
**n=43.
††n=92.
BL, baseline week; FU, follow-up; IW, intervention week; TC, total crying.