Table 3. The six components of NIPS at 15 seconds and 5 minutes post injection in the two groups .
| At 15s post injection | At 5 min post injection | |||
| Variable |
Lavender
N (%) |
Control
N (%) |
Lavender
N (%) |
Control
N (%) |
| Facial expression | ||||
| Relaxed | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 37 (86) | 36 (66.7) |
| Grimace | 43 (100) | 54 (100) | 6 (14) | 18 (33.3) |
| P-value* | - | 0.02 | ||
| Cry | ||||
| No cry | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 37 (86) | 39 (72.2) |
| Moan | 27 (62.8) | 29 (53.7) | 6 (14) | 11 (20.4) |
| Vigorous | 16 (37.2) | 25 (46.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (7.4) |
| P-value* | 0.36 | 0.11 | ||
| Breathing pattern | ||||
| Normal | 43 (100) | 54 (100) | 43 (100) | 53 (98.1) |
| Change in breathing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.9) |
| P-value* | - | 0.55 | ||
| Arms | ||||
| Relaxed | 22 (51.2) | 21 (48.8) | 43 (100) | 51 (94.4) |
| Flexed /extended | 15 (27.8) | 39 (72/2) | 0 (0) | 3 (5.6) |
| P-value* | 0.01 | 0.16 | ||
| Legs | ||||
| Relaxed | 19 (44.2) | 17 (31.5) | 43 (100) | 52 (96.3) |
| Flexed /extended | 24 (55.8) | 37 (68.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.7) |
| P-value* | 0.19 | 0.30 | ||
| State of arousal | ||||
| Sleeping or awake | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 37 (86) | 41 (75.9) |
| Fussy | 42 (97.7) | 54 (100) | 6 (14) | 13 (24.1) |
| P-value* | 0.44 | 0.21 | ||
*The results of the Chi-square -test