Table 1.
The characteristics of patients in the two groups
| Non-pysiologic pregnancy group (n = 100) |
Physiologic pregnancy group (n = 100) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) (mean ± SD) | 26.58 ± 5.05 | 26.95 ± 6.30 | 0.57 | |
| Gestational age by LMP (week) (mean ± SD) | 38.71 ± 1.15 | 38.70 ± 0.91 | 0.95 | |
| Gestational age by sonography) (week) (mean ± SD) | 38.62 ± 0.65 | 38.36 ± 4.08 | 0.53 | |
| Duration of delivery phase 1 (minute) (mean ± SD) | 293.34 ± 114.67 | 269.7 ± 106.35 | 0.21 | |
| Duration of delivery phase II (minute) (mean ± SD) | 35.02 ± 14.07 | 37.33 ± 17.69 | 0.34 | |
| Duration of delivery pahse III (minute) (mean ± SD) | 7.25 ±4.56 | 7.20 ± 2.38 | 0.92 | |
| Apgar (mean ± SD) | First minute | 8.83 ± 0.11 | 8.85 ± 0.12 | 0.91 |
| Fifth minute | 9.86 ± 0.58 | 9.89 ± 0.75 | ||
| VAS (mean ± SD) | Phase I | 7.81 ± 0.62 | 6.90 ± 0.88 | 0.001 |
| Phase II | 9.89 ± 0.34 | 9.81 ± 0.46 | 0.21 | |
| Bleeding (%) | Abnormal | 15 | 5 | 0.001 |
| Normal | 72 | 89 | ||
| Perineal injury (%) | Normal | 2 | 21 | 0.001 |
| Episiotomy | 48 | 35 | ||
| Laceration | 32 | 39 | ||
| Satisfaction (%) | Low | 24 | 6 | 0.001 |
| Moderate | 57 | 25 | ||
| Good | 17 | 53 | ||
| Excellent | 1 | 16 | ||
| Infection (n) | 3 | 1 | 0.33 |
VAS= visual analogue scale