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PEDIATRICS Vol. 113 No. 3 March 2004, pp. 676-678

SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE

Normative Neurobehavioral Performance of Healthy Infants on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale

Edward Z. Tronick, PhD*, Karen Olson, PhD*, Rebecca Rosenberg, BA{ddagger}, Lisa Bohne, MS§, Jing Lu, PhD|| and Barry M. Lester, PhD||

* Child Development Unit, Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
{ddagger} Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
§ Child Development Unit, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
|| Brown Medical School, Infant Development Center, Women and Infants Hospital and Bradley Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Descriptive statistics for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale summary scores are provided for a sample of 125 full-term, healthy 1- to 2-day-old infants. The study sample is described, including demographic characteristics and infant and maternal medical characteristics. Descriptive statistics and percentiles are provided for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale summary scores. These tables can be used as quasinorms for comparison with other infants of this age.

Key Words: healthy • neurobehavior • newborn • NNNS • norms • preterm

Abbreviations: NNNS, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale • SD, standard deviation

Received for publication Apr 28, 2003; Accepted Oct 8, 2003.


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