Table 3.
Comparison of pain and anxiety of women in relation to the experienced need to entrust the newborn under the care of staff.
| Questionnaires | NEN_Low_T1 (n = 132) |
NEN_High_T1 (n = 68) |
NEN_Low_T2 (n = 146) |
NEN_High_T2 (n = 54) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mdn | Mrank | Mdn | Mrank | U(Z) | Mdn | Mrank | Mdn | Mrank | U (Z) | |
| NRS | 4.00 | 86.98 | 5.00 | 126.74 | 4.642 ** | 3.00 | 92.16 | 4.00 | 123.05 | 3.394 ** |
| STAI-S | 40.00 | 84.58 | 49.00 | 131.40 | 5.421 ** | 40.00 | 89.23 | 48.50 | 130.97 | 4.531 ** |
| NRS-A | 3.00 | 84.40 | 6.00 | 131.76 | 5.515 ** | 3.00 | 90.28 | 5.00 | 128.12 | 4.135 ** |
| STAI-T | 37.00 | 95.98 | 39.00 | 109.26 | 1.539 | 37.00 | 99.41 | 38.00 | 103.45 | 0.439 |
Mrank, mean of ranks in the group; NEN, need to entrust a newborn in the care of maternity rooming-in staff; NEN_low, women without NEN; NEN_high, women with NEN; NRS, Numerical Rating Scale; STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; T1, the first day of puerperium; T2, the second day of puerperium; U (Z), test’s statistics of U Mann–Whitney test. ** p < 0.01.