TABLE 4. Literature Review of Key Outcome Domainsa.
Study Authors | Behaviors | |||||||
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Sucking | Breathing | Feeding | Competence/Problems | Arousal | Sleeping/Sedated | Resting (Drowsy) | Fussing/Crying | |
Kron et al10 (1976) | X | X | ||||||
LaGasse et al11 (2003) | X | X | X | |||||
Gewolb et al18 (2004) | X | X | X | |||||
Maguire et al8 (2015) | X | X | X | X | X |
aDescription of study domains: (1) sucking characteristics included (a) sucking rate (sucks per minute), (b) average suck duration (seconds per suck), (c) percentage time during the experiment that the infant is actively sucking (suck time/total time x 100), and (d) sucking burst (interburst interval, proportion sucking, and burst per minute); (2) breathing characteristics included swallow-breath and breath-breath intervals; (3) feeding characteristics included feeding, nutrient consumption, and swallowing; (4) competence characteristics included the appropriateness of state for feeding; and (5) arousal characteristics include the predominant behavioral state.