Table 4. Regression Analysis Results – The Intervention Effect on Post-intervention Pain Less Than the Median, Frequency of Breastfeeding During 18 Hours Greater Than the Median and Return to the Birth Weight 10 Days from Birth .
| Outcomes | Intervention | No. (%) | Adjusted OR | P Value | 95% CI for OR |
| Mean pain score after the first episode of the intervention below the median (vs. above the median)*: median = 6.6 | Reflexology | 27 (60) vs 18 (40) | 3.569 | 0.007 | 1.419‒8.976 |
| Benson | 29 (64.4) vs 16 (35.6) | 3.692 | 0.006 | 1.451‒9.390 | |
| Control | 9 (20) vs 36 (80) | 1 | ‒ | ‒ | |
| Mean pain score after the second episode of the intervention below the median (vs. above the median)**: median = 4.3 | Reflexology | 20 (44.4) vs 25 (55.6) | 2.879 | 1.322‒6.272 | |
| Benson | 24 (53.3) vs 21 (46.7) | 4.713 | 2.087‒10.644 | ||
| Control | 12 (26.7) vs 33 (73.3) | 1 | ‒ | ‒ | |
| Return to the birth weight ten days from birth (vs non return)*** | Reflexology | 36 (80) vs 9 (20) | 3.730 | .008 | 1.407‒9.886 |
| Benson | 32 (71.1) vs 13 (28.9) | 2.809 | .031 | 1.100‒7.176 | |
| Control | 25 (55.6) vs 20 (44.4) | 1 | ‒ | ‒ | |
| Proportion of breastfeeding more than the median (vs. less than median) during 18 hours ****: median = 10 time | Reflexology | 38 (84.4) vs 7 (15.6) | 6.077 | 0.001 | 2.026‒18.229 |
| Benson | 35 (77.8) vs 10 (22.2) | 4.124 | 0.008 | 1.443‒11.792 | |
| Control | 16 (35.6) vs 29 (64.4) | 1 | ‒ | ‒ |
*OR adjusted for pain score before the first episode of the intervention.
** OR adjusted for pain score before the second episode of the intervention.
*** OR adjusted for the mother’s age, employment status, history of previous C/S, causes of C/S.
**** OR adjusted for the mother’s employment status, mean of all pain scores.
N, Number; CI, confidence interval; C/S, Cesarean section.