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Table 1 Pain assessed with CRIES and PIPP scores 30 seconds following ROP screening examination with WFDRI (n = 35) and BIO (n = 35)

From: Pain and stress assessment after retinopathy of prematurity screening examination: Indirect ophthalmoscopy versus digital retinal imaging

Time

CRIES score

PIPP score

WFDRI

BIO

Difference in pain score (BIO-WFDRI) from baseline

WFDRI

BIO

Difference in pain score (BIO-WFDRI) from baseline:

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

pvalue

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

pvalue

Baseline

0.4 (0.7)

0.2 (0.5)

-

4.1 (1.1)

4.0 (1.0)

-

30s after

1.6 (1.1)

2.5 (1.4)

0.000

6.2 (1.9)

7.4 (2.3)

0.006

1 h after

0.4 (0.6)

0.3 (0.6)

0.79

5.1 (1.2)

4.7 (1.0)

0.16

24 h after

0.3 (0.4)

0.1 (0.4)

0.62

4.7 (0.7)

4.7 (0.9)

0.75

  1. Abbreviations: CRIES score, Crying, Requires oxygen, Increased vital signs, Expression and Sleeplessness; PIPP score, Premature Infant Pain Profile; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; WFDRI, wide-field digital imaging; BIO, Binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy; SD, standard deviation; s = seconds; h = hours.