Table 2.

Infant mean temperature, heart rate and oxygen saturation (SPO2) over the study period (45‐120 minutes) for the infants cared for in a cot, in the father's arm and skin‐to‐skin on the father's chest

Variable	Cot group	Fathers arms group	Skin‐to‐skin group	P‐value	P‐value	P‐value
	(n = 32)	(n = 34)	(n = 29)	Cot vs Fathers arms	Cot vs Skin‐to‐skin	Skin‐to‐skin vs Fathers arms
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Temperature	98.7°F (0.85)	98.7°F (0.78)	98.6°F (0.65)	.999	.217	.211
	(37.1°C) (0.39)	(37.1°C) (0.73)	(37.0°C) (0.37)
Heart rate	142.5 bpm (7.5)	145.9 bpm (14.2)	150.8 bpm (16.3)	.184	.002 *	.063
Oxygen saturation	97.10% (1.4)	97.3% (1.4)	97.2% (1.5)	.498	.822	.665
Wakefulness	3.50 (1.57)	3.06 (1.34)	3.71 (1.74)	1.000	.013 *	.086

Bold indicates that a statistical difference was found

^* P < .05.