Table 1 The Comparison of demographic and maternal-infant health characteristics of two groups of the study
From: Educating fathers to improve exclusive breastfeeding practices: a randomized controlled trial
Variables | Control (n = 38) | Intervention (n = 38) | Test (P Value) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Age of father (Years) | 29.36 | 8.01 | 29.31 | 5.92 | 0.49 | |
Age of Mother (Years) | 22.26 | 6.63 | 21.73 | 6.65 | 0.06 | |
Weight of Neonate (gr) | 3644 | 12.4 | 3684 | 5.4 | 0.6 ** | |
High of Neonate (cm) | 49.76 | 2.40 | 48.92 | 3.74 | 0.2 ** | |
Apgar of 1 min | 8.73 | 3.34 | 8.84 | 3.36 | 0.08 *** | |
Apgar after 5 min | 9.92 | 0.59 | 9.97 | 0.23 | 0.1 *** | |
No | % | No | % | |||
Fathers’ educational level | Primary School | 12 | 31.61 | 12 | 31.61 | 0.6 *** |
High school | 8 | 21.05 | 13 | 34.22 | ||
Academic | 18 | 47.34 | 13 | 34.22 | ||
Mothers’ educational level | Primary School | 2 | 5.26 | 3 | 7.85 | 0.97 *** |
High school | 17 | 44.71 | 16 | 42.1 | ||
Academic | 19 | 50.05 | 19 | 50.05 | 0.13 | |
Fathers’ Job | Unemployed | 1 | 2.63 | 2 | 5.26 | |
Farmer, Worker | 5 | 13.1 | 6 | 15.76 | ||
Clerk | 11 | 29.01 | 10 | 26.37 | ||
Shopper | 21 | 55.26 | 20 | 52.61 | ||
Maternal Job | House wife | 36 | 94.8 | 38 | 100 | 0.06 |
Employed | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Family’s monthly income | Adequate | 7 | 18.42 | 9 | 23.68 | 0.1* |
Not adequate | 31 | 81.58 | 29 | 76.32 | ||
Initiation of breastfeeding after birth | Immediate | 14 | 36.88 | 16 | 42.1 | 0.3* |
During the first hour | 9 | 23.68 | 9 | 23.68 | ||
After one hour | 15 | 39.47 | 13 | 34.21 | ||
Neonate sex | Female | 22 | 57.9 | 21 | 55.26 | 0.2* |
Male | 16 | 42.1 | 17 | 44.71 | ||