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%)