Table 2

The amount of total daily crying pre- and post-intervention

SwaddlingMassage
Results expressed as mean (SE).
*Significantly different between pre- and post-intervention. The amount of total daily crying decreased significantly in the swaddling group (p<0.01), but not in the massage group.
†Significantly different between the two groups. The mean difference of the amount of total daily crying was significantly greater in the swaddling group than in the massage group (p = 0.01).
Pre-intervention10.8 (0.7)10.7 (0.7)
Post-intervention7.7 (0.6)*10.2 (0.7)
Mean difference−3.1 (0.5)†−0.5 (0.8)