Table 3.
Comparison of VAS and EPDS scores between groups.
| Epidural analgesia (n = 44) |
No epidural analgesia (n = 48) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAS score during labor | 3.28 ± 0.95 | 7.21 ± 1.93 | 0.0001a |
| VAS score 24 hours postpartum | 2.71 ± 0.82 | 5.30 ± 2.26 | 0.007a |
| Prepartum EPDS score | 7.63 ± 4.72 | 8.91 ± 4.58 | 0.191 |
| EPDS score 6 weeks postpartum | 3.89 ± 3.43 | 8.08 ± 4.61 | 0.0001a |
VAS, Visual analogue scale; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status. Mann–Whitney U test and Student’s t test were used.
a
p < 0.05 was determined statistically significant.