Table 2.
The comparison of Mean ± SD OR Frequency (%) of childbirth outcomes in control and intervention groups
| Variable | Control group (n = 52) | Intervention group (n = 51) | P-value* | Cohen’s d | |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||||
| Pain intensity at 6 cm dilation based on VAS | 6.14 ± 1.07 | 5.04 ± 0.99 | 0.000 | 1.05 | |
| Pain intensity at 8 cm dilation based on VAS | 7.46 ± 1.16 | 6.20 ± 0.87 | 0.000 | 1.23 | |
| Pain intensity at full cervical dilation based on VAS | 8.51 ± 1.14 | 7.44 ± 0.81 | 0.000 | 1.07 | |
| Duration of active phase of labor (min) | 164 ± 99.81 | 110 ± 70.94 | 0.004 | 0.61 | |
| Duration of second stage of labor (min) | 50.36 ± 38.59 | 33.49 ± 24.51 | 0.043 | 0.52 | |
| 1 min APGAR score | 8.58 ± 0.96 | 8.86 ± 0.40 | 0.074 | 0.39 | |
| 5 min APGAR score | 9.88 ± 0.38 | 9.94 ± 0.24 | 0.468 | 0.18 | |
| Administered oxytocin (mL) | 620.19 ± 783.73 | 396 ± 469.02 | 0.160 | 0.36 | |
| Variable | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | P-value** | ||
| Episiotomy | Yes | 37 (88.1) | 32 (71.1) | 0.051 | |
| No | 5 (11.9) | 13 (28.9) | |||
| Type of delivery | Vaginal | 42 (80.8) | 45 (88.2) | 0.296 | |
| Cesarean | 10 (19.2) | 6 (11.8) | |||
| Satisfaction with delivery | Unsatisfied | 6 (14.3) | 1 (2.2) | 0.000 | |
| Satisfied | 29 (69.0) | 19 (42.2) | |||
| Very satisfied | 7 (16.7) | 25 (55.6) | |||
The symbols * and ** are the values based on paired comparisons (the independent t-test/ Mann-Whitney test) and chi-squared test, respectively