Table 3.

Comparison of the means and standard deviations related to the mothers and infants' temperatures in the skin-to-skin contact and routine care group.

Variable	Group		t	P
	Skin-to-skin contact	Routine care
Maternal temperature at the start of the intervention	36.56 ± 0.46	36.4 ± 0.41	1.6	0.11
Maternal temperature half an hour after the intervention	36.56 ± 0.46	36.4 ± 0.52	1.6	0.11
Maternal temperature one hour after the intervention	36.43 ± 0.46	36.2 ± 0.67	1.6	0.11
Infant's temperature at the start of the intervention	36.35 ± 0.46	36.32 ± 0.46	0.16	0.86
Infant's temperature half an hour after the intervention	36.25 ± 0.5	36.4 ± 0.48	−1.01	0.31
Infant's temperature one hour after the intervention	36.44 ± 0.45	36.4 ± 0.48	0.63	0.52