Table 3.
Infant Profile for Control and Intervention Groups (completed and dropped out)
| Control Group N=57 | Intervention Completed N=49 | Fisher's exact test | Intervention Dropped out N=35 | Fisher's exact test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | P | N | % | P | |
| First feeding | N = 50 | |||||||
| Mother's own milk | 54 | 94.8 | 47 | 94.0 | 34 | 97.1 | ||
| Formula | 3 | 5.3 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.000 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.3403 |
| Morbidities | N = 59 | |||||||
| Jaundice | 5 | 8.5 | 5 | 10.2 | 4 | 11.4 | ||
| Decrease body temp | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.9 | ||
| Decrease in blood glucose | 2 | 3.4 | 2 | 4.1 | 1 | 2.9 | ||
| Difficult or trouble breathing | 4 | 6.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 8.6 | ||
| None | 47 | 79.7 | 40 | 81.6 | 0.9727 | 26 | 74.3 | 0.7169 |
| Breastfeeding problem on discharge | N = 59 | |||||||
| Inability to latch | 2 | 3.4 | 5 | 10.2 | 5 | 14.3 | ||
| Latch with nipple shield | 5 | 8.5 | 8 | 16.3 | 3 | 8.6 | ||
| Inability to wake up for feeding | 8 | 13.6 | 4 | 8.1 | 1 | 2.9 | ||
| No problem | 44 | 75.6 | 32 | 65.3 | 0.3788 | 26 | 74.3 | 0.7031 |
Note. Fisher's exact test was calculated for the Intervention group who completed the study and who dropped out from the study. N varied based on infants’ first feeding, morbidity and problems.