ฉันรักแปลOf the 48 patients meeting the inclusion criteria, parents of 8(16.6%) newborns refused to participate. The two groups at the start of the study period had 20(50%) newborns each. On the third day after intervention, 1(5%) child from the Massage group and 6(30%) from the Control group needed phototherapy and were thus eliminated. Finally, 14(70%) newborns in the Control group and 19(95%) in the Massage group completed the study.
There was no statistical difference in the two groups with regard to gender (p=0.52), type of delivery (p=0.11), Apgar score-minute-1 (p=0.79) and minute 5 (