Table 4 Comparison of mean crying duration of newborns before and after IC training and effect sizes (n = 30).

From: The effect of infantile colic training given to parents on the neonatal infantile colic level and crying duration

Total crying time (hours)

Pre-test (first day)

Post-test 1 (day 7)

Post-test 2 (day 15)

Freidman/p

f

Mean ± SD (min–max)

Mothers

4.46 ± 1

(3–6)

1.76 ± 0.62

(1–3)

1.10 ± 0.33

(0.5–2)

56.857

0.000**

2.076

Fathers

4.76 ± 1.1

(3–6)

1.91 ± 0.65

(1–3)

1.21 ± 0.38

(0.5–2)

57.150

0.000**

1.837

  1. Freidman **p  0.001 f: Cohen’s f.
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