Research Article
The Effects of Skin-to-Skin Contact on Temperature and Breastfeeding Successfulness in Full-Term Newborns after Cesarean Delivery
Table 4
Breastfeeding assessment of the cesarean infants in the skin-to-skin contact and routine care groups.
| Variable | Group | | | Skin-to-skin contact | Routine care |
| Readiness | | | | | With no attempts | 24 (52.2%) | 11 (25%) | 9.68 | 0.021 | Needing weak stimulation | 13 (28.3%) | 19 (43.2%) | Needing more stimulation | 4 (8.7%) | 11 (25%) | Sleepiness | 5 (10.9%) | 3 (6.8%) | Sucking | | | | | Good | 23 (50%) | 16 (36.4%) | 8.42 | 0.03 | Moderate | 17 (37%) | 12 (27.3%) | Weak | 2 (4.3%) | 11 (25%) | No sucking | 4 (8.7%) | 5 (11.4%) | Latching | | | | | Immediately | 18 (39.1%) | 9 (20.5%) | 4.44 | 0.21 | After 3–10 minutes | 15 (32.6%) | 15 (34.1%) | After more than 10 minutes | 9 (19.6%) | 14 (31.8%) | Not start breastfeeding | 4 (8.7%) | 6 (13.6%) | Rooting | | | | | Immediately | 22 (47.8%) | 13 (29.5%) | 4.68 | 0.19 | Needing stimulation | 17 (37%) | 18 (40.9%) | Weak rooting | 3 (6.5%) | 8 (18.2%) | No rooting | 4 (8.7%) | 5 (11.4%) |
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