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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2022 Jan 13;41(5):586–593. doi: 10.1055/a-1739-3388

Table 1:

Demographic Data

Question Response
What role do you play in life of child with HIE?
 Mother 158 (96%)
 Father (3), Grandparent (3), Aunt (1) 7 (4%)

Mother’s age at time of child’s birth (n=158)
 < 18 years 3 (2%)
 19–25 years 23 (14%)
 26–34 years 96 (61%)
 35–44 years 36 (23%)

Year of child’s birth (n=164)
 <=2010 17 (10%)
 2011–2015 34 (21%)
 2016 to present 113 (69%)

Treated with hypothermia (n=164) 108 (66%)

Was an MRI brain done in NICU (n=164) 157 (96%)

Was there brain injury on MRI (n=157) 123 (78%)

Clinical outcome for your child (n=162)
 Typical 36 (22%)
 Mild 28 (17%)
 Moderate 40 (25%)
 Severe 42 (26%)
 Loss from HIE 16 (10%)

When was the prognosis discussed with you?
 Following birth 52 (32%)
 During TH 48 (29%)
 After the MRI 106 (64%)
 Prior to discharge 52 (32%)
 Don’t know 17 (10%)
 Other 14 (8%)

Quality of communication in the NICU
 1= very dissatisfied 13 (8%)
 2 18 (11%)
 3= neutral 48 (29%)
 4 49 (30%)
 5= greatly satisfied 35 (22%)

Quality of involvement in care of baby
 1= very dissatisfied 11 (7%)
 2 7 (4%)
 3= neutral 20 (12%)
 4 39 (24%)
 5= greatly satisfied 88 (53%)