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. 2016 Nov 24;16:372. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1100-z

Table 4.

Differences in subscale scores and overall score by different groups

Own Capacityc Professional Support (CEQ-E)a Professional Support (Original)b Perceived Safety (CEQ-E) a Perceived Safety (Original)b Participationc Mean CEQ-E Scorea Mean CEQ Scoreb
Labour duration ≤12 h, n = 166 2.86 (0.56) 3.60 (0.52) 3.59 (0.55) 3.04 (0.67) 3.14 (0.59) 2.96 (0.83) 3.12 (0.49) 3.14 (0.48)
Labour duration >12 h, n = 59 2.58 (0.55) 3.61 (0.47) 3.61 (0.50) 2.84 (0.67) 2.97 (0.58) 2.69 (0.81) 2.93 (0.44) 2.97 (0.43)
p value 0.002 0.906 0.939 0.035 0.044 0.021 0.008 0.009
Cohen’s effect size 0.50 0.02 0.04 0.30 0.29 0.33 0.41 0.37
Spontaneous onset of labour n = 175 2.82 (0.57) 3.62 (0.51) 3.60 (0.53) 3.04 (0.66) 3.15 (0.59) 2.95 (0.82) 3.11 (0.48) 3.14 (0.48)
Induced labour n = 51 2.66 (0.56) 3.58 (0.52) 3.58 (0.56) 2.80 (0.68) 2.93 (0.57) 2.69 (0.83) 2.93 (0.45) 2.96 (0.44)
p value 0.086 0.54 0.79 0.020 0.015 0.065 0.012 0.017
Cohen’s effect size 0.28 0.08 0.04 0.36 0.38 0.30 0.39 0.39
Spontaneous vaginal birth n = 182 2.82 (0.57) 3.61 (0.53) 3.60 (0.55) 3.04 (0.66) 3.14 (0.59) 2.92 (0.82) 3.10 (0.48) 3.13 (0.47)
Instrumental delivery n = 43 2.65 (0.57) 3.60 (0.45) 3.56 (0.50) 2.77 (0.68) 2.94 (0.59) 2.71 (0.84) 2.93 (0.48) 2.97 (0.47)
p value 0.081 0.60 0.37 0.020 0.049 0.192 0.031 0.035
Cohen’s effect size 0.30 0.02 0.08 0.40 0.34 0.25 0.35 0.34
Primiparous, n = 118 2.69 (0.55) 3.60 (0.51) 3.58 (0.54) 2.91 (0.63) 3.04 (0.54) 2.77 (0.85) 2.99 (0.45) 3.02 (0.44)
Multiparous, n = 108 2.89 (0.57) 3.62 (0.52) 3.61 (0.54) 3.06 (0.71) 3.17 (0.63) 3.02 (0.79) 3.16 (0.50) 3.18 (0.49)
p value 0.007 0.43 0.503 0.043 0.043 0.035 0.007 0.007
Cohen’s effect size 0.36 0.04 0.06 0.22 0.22 0.30 0.36 0.34

Data presented as mean (SD). Total score for the CEQ is the mean score of the 4 subscales. Numbers given to 2 significant figures

aThe original conceptual structure changing the location of item 18, from the “perceived safety” to “professional support” domain (Model 3) was used to calculate the mean scores

bConceptual structure of the original study (Model 2) was used to calculate the mean scores

cThe items included in these subscales are the same for conceptual structure of the original study and CEQ-E