Table II.
Primary and Secondary outcomes
| Variable | SSC group (n=100) |
Control group (n=99) |
p |
| PRIMARY OUTCOME at 6 weeks of age | |||
| Exclusively Breastfeeding | 72(72.0%) | 57(57%) | |
| Predominantly breastfeeding | 26(26%) | 34(34%) | 0.04 |
| Mixed feeding | 2(2%) | 8(8%) | |
| SECONDARY OUTCOME | |||
| 1. Pain score during episiotomy repair | |||
| Median (IQR)· | 5(4–5) | 5(5–6) | |
| Mean±SD* | 4.74±0.85 | 5.34±0.81 | <0.01 |
| 2. Neonate's outcomes during first 24 hours of life· | |||
| a. How many times passed urine | 2(1–2) | 1(1–2) | 0.01 |
| b. How many times passed stool | 1.5(1–2) | 2(1–2) | 0.42 |
| 3. Anthropomerty at 6 week of age | |||
| a. Weight | 5(4–5) | 5(5–6) | |
| Median (IQR)· | 4291±372 | 4252±373 | |
| Mean ±SD (grams)* | 0.46 | ||
| b. Length (cm)* | 57±1.0 | 57±1.2 | 0.88 |
| c. Occipito–frontal circumference( cm) * | 37±0.8 | 37±0.6 | 0.92 |
Valves expressed as *Mean ± SD, number (percentage),
·
IQR = interquartile range, SD= standard deviation, percentage (%), BF= breastfeed