The Effects of Skin-to-Skin Contact on Temperature and Breastfeeding Successfulness in Full-Term Newborns after Cesarean Delivery
Table 2
Comparison of the means and standard deviations related to the general situations of the mothers and infants in the skin-to-skin contact and routine care groups.
Variable
Group
Skin-to-skin contact
Routine care
Preoperative maternal temperature
36.44 ± 0.38
36.42 ± 0.48
0.13
0.9
Postoperative maternal temperature
36.48 ± 0.37
36.4 ± 0.41
0.98
0.32
Infant’s temperature in the operating room
36.2 ± 0.62
36 ± 0.58
0.83
0.4
Infant’s temperature on arrival at the nursery unit