Variable (unit)

Music group (n = 25)

Control group (n = 23)

P-value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Malea (n, %)a

16

64

9

56.52

0.5966

Femalea (n, %)

13

36

10

43.48

Ageb (year)

5.78

0.46

5.70

0.45

0.5665

Past NICU admissionsc (n, %)

0

0

4.00

17.39

0.0455

Past hospitalizationsd (times)

0.20

0.41

0.57

0.90

0.1216

Past surgeriesd (times)

0.04

0.20

0.26

0.69

0.1336

Past immunizationsd (times)

27.68

5.17

28.83

6.04

0.3307

Past injectiond (times)

2.12

2.65

2.30

6.27

0.1988

Influenza vaccinations during this seasond (times)

1.16

0.37

1.22

0.42

0.6253

Elder siblings who attendedd (persons)

0.24

0.44

0.22

0.42

0.8650

Younger siblings who attendedd (persons)

0.52

0.59

0.43

0.51

0.6782

Minimum sound levels in the treatment roomb (Hz)

46.01

2.71

47.13

4.09

0.2648

Maximum sound levels in the treatment roomd (Hz)

47.46

3.13

47.95

4.20

0.9236

Minimum sound levels in the waiting roomd (Hz)

52.28

4.59

53.55

4.25

0.2043

Maximum sound levels in the waiting roomb (Hz)

57.87

5.81

60.70

6.10

0.1097

Room temperatured (˚C)

23.95

1.36

23.88

1.32

0.6052

Room humidityb (%)

58.61

7.22

56.00

6.58

0.2068

Time to initiate the studyd (hours)

14.00

2.35

14.65

2.25

0.2954

Time to period from the initiation to immunizationd (minutes)

13.40

3.26

12.44

2.29

0.3218

Time to durationd (minutes)

26.25

3.59

25.61

2.31

0.6647