Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics of the total sample and the four gestational age groups
From: The influence of gestational age in the psychometric testing of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates
| Â | Â | Gestational age groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Sample | Extremely preterm neonates | Very preterm neonates | Moderate to late preterm neonates | Full-term neonates | |
Sample, n (%) | 154 (100) | 50 (32.5) | 45 (29.2) | 38 (24.7) | 21 (13.6) |
Sex, n (%) | |||||
 - Male | 87 (56.5) | 31 (62.0) | 23 (51.1) | 20 (52.6) | 13 (61.9) |
GA at birth in weeks, mean (SD) | 30.85 (4.5) | 26.23 (1.2) | 29.44 (1.0) | 34.21 (1.0) | 38. 81 (1.3) |
Birth weight in grams, mean (SD) | 1630.10 (934.3) | 851.40 (196.4) | 1285.11 (328.2) | 2093.68 (377.5) | 3384.52 (811.6) |
Number of comorbidities, mean (SD) | 5.70 (4.4) | 10.06 (4.2) | 5.44 (2.4) | 2.66 (1.4) | 1.38 (1.1) |
CRIB score, mean (SD) | 3.76 (3.9) | 7.50 (3.7) | 3.24 (2.8) | 1.05 (1.7) | 0.86 (1.6) |
Way of delivery, n (%) | |||||
 - Vaginal-spontan | 36 (23.4) | 10 (20.0) | 4 (8.9) | 13 (34.2) | 9 (42.9) |
 - Vaginal-operativ | 4 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.2) | 2 (5.3) | 1 (4.8) |
 - Planned c-section | 23 (14.9) | 3 (6.0) | 8 (17.8) | 7 (18.4) | 5 (23.8) |
 - Emergency c-cection | 91 (59.1) | 37 (74.0) | 32 (71.1) | 16 (42.1) | 6 (28.6) |
Number of birth, mean (SD) | |||||
 - Single | 104 (67.5) | 43 (86.0) | 20 (44.4) | 21 (55.3) | 20 (95.2) |
 - One of twins | 44 (28.6) | 4 (8.0) | 22 (48.9) | 17 (44.7) | 1 (4.8) |
 - One of triplet | 6 (3.9) | 3 (6.0) | 3 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Day of life at first measure point, mean (SD) | 3.95 (2.0) | 4.80 (2.2) | 3.56 (1.9) | 3.18 (1.0) | 4.19 (2.6) |