Table 3.
Comparison of maternal childbirth experience between the sitting-birth cohort and supine-birth cohort.
| Variables | Primiparous Women | Multiparous Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sitting-Birth Cohort N = 91 |
Supine-Birth Cohort N = 92 |
t/Z | p | Sitting-Birth Cohort N = 15 |
Supine-Birth Cohort N = 24 |
t/Z | p | |
| CEQ, M ± SD | 3.26 ± 0.35 | 2.94 ± 0.44 | 5.421 a | 0.000 | 3.34 ± 0.42 | 3.09 ± 0.37 | 1.842 a | 0.074 |
| Dimensions_1 Professional support | 3.59 ± 0.44 | 3.28 ± 0.63 | −3.337 b | 0.001 | 3.56 ± 0.46 | 3.48 ± 0.51 | −0.333 b | 0.739 |
| Dimensions_2 Self-ability |
3.15 ± 0.45 | 2.81 ± 0.54 | 4.601 a | 0.000 | 3.33 ± 0.48 | 3.02 ± 0.47 | 1.953 a | 0.059 |
| Dimensions_3 Self-perception |
2.92 ± 0.47 | 2.54 ± 0.55 | 4.955 a | 0.000 | 3.14 ± 0.68 | 2.64 ± 0.38 | 2.581 a | 0.019 |
| Dimensions_4 Sense of participation |
3.28 ± 0.55 | 3.05 ± 0.49 | −3.512 b | 0.000 | 3.19 ± 0.55 | 3.10 ± 0.58 | 0.492 a | 0.626 |
Note: a t-test, b Mann–Whitney U test.