Table 4.

Comparison of mean duration of first stage labor with the demographic data of mothers

Variables	Sub-category	Duration (hours) (Mean±SD)		P
		Experimental (n=20)	Control (n=20)
Age (years)	18-21	13±1	13.6±1.30	0.513
	22-25	12.9±1.10	13.4±0.898	0.391
	26-29	13±0.833	13.1±1.13	0.606
	P	0.961	0.703
Education	Primary to middle school	13.3±0.673	13.6±1.06	0.574
	High School	13.3±0.577	13.5±1.12	0.837
	Diploma and above	12.7±1.06	13.1±1.12	0.358
	P	0.374	0.703
Religion	Hindu	13±1	13.1±0.993	0.688
	Other	13±0.812	14.2±0.957	0.073
	P	0.0523	0.989
Occupation	Heavy	14±0	0	-
	Moderate	13±0.756	13.1±0.777	0.709
	Sedentary	12.8±0.981	13.4±1.19	0.153
	P	0.139	0.615
Monthly	Rs. 6,327-18,949/-	12.9±1.07	13.7±1.03	0.126
Family	Rs. 18,953-31,589/-	13.0±0.63	13.1±1.05	0.768
Income	Rs. 31,591-47,262/-	13.1±1.23	12.1±0.14	0.149
	P	0.704	0.133

P values have been calculated by one-way ANOVA and two independent samples t-test