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Table 1 Maternal and newborn characteristics in SSC and routine care groups

From: The effect of mother and newborn early skin-to-skin contact on initiation of breastfeeding, newborn temperature and duration of third stage of labor

 

SSC group (n = 56)

Routine care group (n = 52)

P value*

n (%)

n (%)

- Maternal age

 • <  18

 • 18–35

 • >  35

 • Mean ± SD

2 (4)

48 (86)

6 (11)

26.29 ± 6.13

5 (10)

43 (83)

4 (8)

26.02 ± 5.94

0.4

- Mother’s education level

 • Illiterate

 • Primary school

 • Secondary school

 • Academic education

24 (43)

24 (43)

3 (5)

5 (9)

18 (35)

15 (29)

12 (23)

7 (13)

0.03

- Mother’s occupation

 • Non employed

 • Employee

50 (89.2)

6 (10.71)

46 (88)

6 (11)

0.6

- Gravidity

 • Primigravid

 • Multi gravid (2–4)

13 (23.2)

43 (76.8)

12 (23)

40 (77)

0.9

- Number of miscarriage

 • 0

 • 1–2

45 (80.4)

11 (19.7)

42 (81)

10 (17)

0.7

- Parity

 • 0–1

 • 2–3

 • 4

30 (54)

20 (36)

6 (11)

26 (50)

16 (31)

10 (19)

0.4

Number of antenatal visit

 • <  3

 • >  3

49 (87)

7 (12)

46 (88)

6 (11)

0.8

- Gender of newborns

 • Male

 • Female

25 (44)

21 (55)

25 (48)

27 (52)

0.7

  1. - Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) in case of continuous variables and n (%) in case of frequencies
  2. *Chi-square test