Table 2 Daily KMC hours (weekly).

From: Impact of hypothermia alert device (BEMPU) on improvement of duration of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) provided at home: parallel-group randomized control trial

 

BEMPU group

Mean (SD)

N (%)

Control group

Mean (SD)

N

P1*

P2*

P3*

Overall

No Beep

Beeps

WEEK1

4.78(2.93)

58

3.21(1.69)

14(24.14)

5.28(3.07)

44(75.86)

3.22(2.44)

51

0.003

0.01

0.99

WEEK2

4.52(3.43)

56

3.06(1.69)

16(28.57)

5.11(3.77)

40(71.43)

2.84(2.95)

50

0.008

0.04

0.78

WEEK3

4.23(3.71)

55

3.10(3.51)

21(38.18)

4.92(3.72)

34(61.82)

2.30(2.70)

49

0.003

0.07

0.30

WEEK4

3.72(3.30)

55

2.87(2.93)

28(50.91)

4.61(3.49)

27(49.09)

1.95(2.65)

49

0.003

0.050

0.16

  1. * = p-value, P1 = BEMPU group (Overall) vs. Control group, P2 = No Beep vs. Beeps.
  2. P3 = No Beep vs. Control group.
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