Table 1

Parents’ responses to questionnaire

Question		Parent’s report				Doctor’s report
Question		Number	Per cent of non-missing			Number	Per cent of non-missing
Degree of parent’s worry beforehand?
Not at all worried	48	53		57	66
A little worried	39	44		27	31
Yes - very worried	3	3		3	3
Missing	2
Degree of parent’s upset afterwards?
Not at all	57	63		74	85
A little	30	34		12	14
A lot	3	3		1	1
Missing	2			5
Perception of the test?
Worse than expected	9	10
As I expected	38	43
Better than expected	41	47
Missing	4
Degree of upset of the baby?
Not at all	54	60
A little	29	32
A lot	7	8
Missing	2
Difficulty of venepuncture?
First attempt				71	81
Some difficulty, first vein				8	9
Major difficulty or second vein				1	1
Failed				7	8
Missing				5