Table 3.
Effectiveness of the couple-centered antenatal education intervention (N=33)
| Variable | Pretest |
Posttest |
Difference |
95% confidence interval | t | p (one-tailed) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Pregnant women | |||||||||
| Prenatal depression | 6.12 | 3.67 | 5.18 | 3.62 | -0.94 | 2.86 | -0.10 to -1.78 | -1.89 | .034 |
| Prenatal stress | 15.30 | 5.48 | 13.33 | 5.75 | -1.97 | 5.19 | -0.13 to -3.81 | -2.18 | .018 |
| Newborn-care confidence | 73.27 | 12.42 | 78.58 | 12.51 | 5.30 | 7.58 | 2.61 to 7.99 | 4.02 | <.001 |
| Maternal-fetal attachment | 73.30 | 13.37 | 77.67 | 12.86 | 4.36 | 7.64 | 1.65 to 7.07 | 3.28 | .001 |
| Fear of childbirth | 68.97 | 19.76 | 63.45 | 20.01 | -5.52 | 14.94 | -0.22 to -10.81 | -2.12 | .021 |
| Couple’s dyadic adjustment | 41.06 | 5.28 | 41.85 | 4.12 | 0.79 | 3.47 | -0.44 to 2.02 | 1.30 | .101 |
| Husbands | |||||||||
| Prenatal depression | 3.73 | 2.52 | 3.67 | 2.88 | -0.06 | 3.44 | -1.28 to 1.16 | -0.10 | .460 |
| Prenatal stress | 12.70 | 4.66 | 12.27 | 5.05 | -0.42 | 4.60 | -2.05 to 1.21 | -0.53 | .300 |
| Newborn-care confidence | 79.88 | 17.83 | 83.39 | 12.78 | 3.52 | 10.93 | 0.32 to 6.72 | 1.85 | .037 |
| Paternal-fetal attachment | 79.85 | 12.18 | 84.30 | 10.02 | 4.45 | 8.35 | 1.49 to 7.42 | 3.06 | .002 |
| Couple’s dyadic adjustment | 43.88 | 3.28 | 43.21 | 4.64 | -0.67 | 3.81 | -2.02 to 0.68 | -1.01 | .161 |