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. 2017 Sep 12;25:e2931. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.1665.2931

Table 4. Estimates of the association between pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions on neonates hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care and Neonatal Infant Pain Scale scores or nursing notes of agitation, crying or expression of pain. São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2013-2014.

Variables Pharmacological intervention Non-pharmacological intervention
OR* CI 95% p-value SE§ OR* CI 95% p-value SE§
NIPS||
NIPS || >0 1.15 0.56-2.34 0.721 1.44 4.92 0.58-41.95 0.138 2.98
Nursing note
Agitation 2.69 0.77-9.44 <0.001 1.48 1.67 0.36-7.75 0.701 2.19
Crying 1.20 0.59-2.43 0.618 1.43 1.67 0.36-7.75 0.701 2.19
Expression of pain 5.32 1.26-22.33 0.021 2.08 1.06 0.05-20.12 1.000 4.50

*OR: odds ratio; †CI: confidence interval; ‡Fisher’s Exact Test; §SE: standard error; ||Neonatal Infant Pain Scale.