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. 2021 Apr 19;29:15. doi: 10.1186/s12998-021-00371-8

Table 3.

Numbers needed to treat based on improvement of at least 1 h of crying

Improvement of at least one hour of crying Total NNT (CI)
No Yes
Treatment group 36 (37.5) 60 (62.5) 96 (100.0) 6.5 (3.5–101.9)
Control group 47 (52.8) 42 (47.2) 89 (100.0)
Total 83 (44.9) 102 (55.1) 185 (100.0)

Risk of improvement for control (p0): 0.472. Risk of improvement for intervention (p1): 0.625. Risk difference (p1 - p0): 0.153. Newcombe Method 10 95% CI: 0.010–0.288