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. 2025 Sep 11;27(127):358–366. doi: 10.4103/nah.nah_56_25

Table 1.

Comparison of Baseline Characteristics between Two Groups.

Item Standard Care Group (n = 58) Music Therapy Group (n = 62) Statistic P
Maternal age (year) 28.34 ± 3.45 28.12 ± 3.28 t = 0.359 0.729
Gestational weeks 39.12 ± 0.87 39.04 ± 0.92 t = 0.489 0.626
Neonatal weight (g) 3285.34 ± 412.67 3312.19 ± 398.54 t = − 0.363 0.718
Marriage status (n, %) χ2 = 0.284 0.594
 Married 55 (94.83%) 60 (96.77%)
 Unmarried 3 (5.17%) 2 (3.23%)
Educational levels (n, %) χ2 = 0.044 0.833
 ≤High school 15 (25.86%) 15 (24.19%)
 >High school 43 (74.14%) 47 (75.81%)
Family annual income (n, %) χ2 = 0.109 0.947
 <80,000 CNY 10 (17.24%) 12 (19.35%)
 80,000–150,000 CNY 32 (55.17%) 34 (54.84%)
 >150,000 CNY 16 (27.59%) 16 (25.81%)
Delivery mode (n, %) χ2 = 0.231 0.631
 Vaginal 38 (65.52%) 38 (61.29%)
 Cesarean 20 (34.48%) 24 (38.71%)
Intrapartum analgesia (n, %)* χ2 = 0.213 0.645
 Pharmacological 22 (57.89%) 20 (52.63%)
 Nonpharmacological 16 (42.11%) 18 (47.37%)

CNY = Chinese Yuan.;*Intrapartum analgesia limited to vaginal deliveries