Table 3.
Infants' wakefulness trend in the three groups; cot, fathers' arms and skin‐to‐skin groups and comparisons between groups
| Wakefullness | 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) | ||||
| Time | ||||||
| 45 minutes | 4.375 (1.26) | 3.558 (1.08) | 4.068 (1.41) | .028 * | 1.000 | .329 |
| 60 minutes | 4.125 (1.34) | 3.147 (1.18) | 4.000. (1.60) | .014 * | 1.000 | .048 * |
| 75 minutes | 3.843 (1.51) | 3.441 (1.28) | 4.034 (1.67) | .824 | 1.000 | .354 |
| 90 minutes | 3.343 (1.45) | 2.852 (1.46) | 3.827 (1.85) | .637 | .712 | .051 |
| 105 minutes | 2.781 (1.36) | 2.823 (1.36) | 3.448 (1.90) | 1.000 | .287 | .339 |
| 120 minutes | 2.531 (1.66) | 2.558 (1.46) | 2.931(1.83) | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Bold indicates that a statistical difference was found.
*
P < .05