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Table 3 Mean variables and 95% confidence intervals of the four groups

From: A randomized controlled trial of sucrose and/or pacifier as analgesia for infants receiving venipuncture in a pediatric emergency department

 

Sucrose

Placebo

Pacifier & Sucrose

Pacifier & Placebo

N =

21

19

22

22

FLACC Difference

3.71 (1.58, 5.84)

4.84 (2.80, 6.88)

2.64 (0.88, 4.40)

2.45 (0.92, 3.98)

Crying Time (sec)

209.1 (162.1, 255.2)

251.2 (215.8, 286.7)

129.6 (80.7, 178.4)

157.0 (115.9, 198.1)

Heart rate (bpm)

19.6 (9.1, 30.2)

28.2 (20.3, 36.0)

36.2 (17.7, 46.7)

24.9 (15.6, 34.2)