. 2020 Oct 30;92:102877. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2020.102877

Table 4.

Intra- and inter-group comparisons of the pretest and posttest NuPDQ total, PRAQ-R2 total and PRAQ-R2 subscales mean scores of the pregnant women in the in the experiment and control groups.

Scales	Experiment (n=48)	Control (n=48)
Scales	$\bar{X} \pm S D$	$\bar{X} \pm S D$	^aTest and p value

NuPDQ total Pretest	12.18±6.54	11.93±5.14	t= 0.208 p= 0.836
Posttest	8.75±5.10	11.50±4.91	t= -2.689 p= 0.008^c
^b Test and p value	t= 4.444 p=0.000^d	t= 0.818 p= 0.418
PRAQ-R2 total Pretest	29.29±9.96	29.08±8.46	t= 0.110 p= 0.912
Posttest	24.25±4.90	30.04±8.48	t= -4.095 p= 0.000^d
^bTest and p value	t= 4.366 p=0.000^d	t= -1.292 p=0.203
PRAQ-R2 Subscales
Fear of giving birth			t= 0.132 p= 0.895
Pretest	11.72±4.79	11.60±4.49
			t= -3.275 p= 0.001^c
Posttest	9.66±3.52	12.33±4.40
^bTest and p value	t= 4.720 p=0.000^d	t= -2.079 p=0.043^c
Worries about bearing a handicapped child			t= 0.068 p= 0.946
Pretest	10.54±5.01	10.47±3.87
			t= -4.354 p= 0.000^d
Posttest	7.02±2.70	10.29±4.44
^bTest and p value	t= 4.796 p=0.000^d	t= 0.447 p=0.657
Concern about one's own appearance			t= 0.037 p= 0.971
Pretest	7.02±2.90	7.00±2.59
			t= 0.360 p= 0.719
Posttest	7.56±1.80	7.41±2.14
^bTest and p value	t= -1.148 p=0.257	t= -1.268 p=0.211

Independent-samples t-test ^bPaired-samples t-test ^cp<0.05 ^dp<0.001