Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and results of the independent t-test analysis of communication needs and communication satisfaction during and after instrumental and non-instrumental delivery.
| Non-Instrumental Birth | Instrumental Birth | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communication Aspect | N | M | SD | N | M | SD | t | df | p |
| questions birth | 336 | 2.18 | 0.754 | 182 | 2.18 | 0.790 | 0.045 | 516 | 0.964 |
| questions postp. | 337 | 2.55 | 0.693 | 184 | 2.42 | 0.792 | 1.907 | 519 | 0.057 |
| information birth | 335 | 2.80 | 0.478 | 183 | 2.78 | 0.544 | 0.456 | 516 | 0.648 |
| information postp. | 336 | 2.88 | 0.356 | 183 | 2.89 | 0.368 | −0.040 | 517 | 0.968 |
| eye contact birth | 335 | 2.71 | 0.492 | 180 | 2.74 | 0.486 | −0.751 | 513 | 0.453 |
| eye contact postp. | 337 | 2.81 | 0.403 | 184 | 2.79 | 0.483 | 0.481 | 519 | 0.631 |
| touching birth | 337 | 2.63 | 0.553 | 179 | 2.68 | 0.554 | 1.096 | 514 | 0.273 |
| touching postp. | 336 | 2.54 | 0.545 | 183 | 2.58 | 0.567 | −0.740 | 517 | 0.460 |
| Satisfaction—birth | 336 | 4.84 | 0.409 | 182 | 4.57 | 0.745 | 5.225 | 516 | 0.000 |
| satisfaction postp. | 336 | 4.65 | 0.618 | 183 | 4.43 | 0.722 | 3.698 | 517 | 0.000 |