Table 2.
Sample characteristics (n = 258)
| Characteristics | Teach-back group n = 128 n (%) | Control group n = 130 n (%) No. (%) |
Statistic | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age [years, M (P25, P75)] | 29(27.25,33) | 32(28,32) | − 0.489a | 0.625 |
| Ethnic group | ||||
| Han people | 126(98.4) | 126(96.9) | 0.651b | 0.420 |
| Minority | 2(1.6) | 4(3.1) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 127(99.2) | 127(97.7) | 0.985b | 0.321 |
| Other | 1(0.8) | 3(2.3) | ||
| Education | ||||
| Primary and below | 1(0.8) | 0 | −1.261 a | 0.207 |
| Junior school | 16(12.5) | 17(13.1) | ||
| High school | 20(15.6) | 11(8.5) | ||
| College | 82(64.1) | 90(69.2) | ||
| Undergraduate and above | 9(7.0) | 12(9.2) | ||
| Residential area | ||||
| Rural area | 11(8.6) | 16(12.3) | 1.551b | 0.461 |
| County | 19(14.8) | 23(17.7) | ||
| Urban | 98(76.6) | 91(70) | ||
| Occupational status | ||||
| Unemployed | 44(34.4) | 41(31.5) | 0.235b | 0.628 |
| Employed | 84(65.6) | 89(68.5) | ||
| Monthly family income (RMB) | ||||
| < 5000 | 36(28.1) | 32(24.6) | −0.054a | 0.957 |
| ~ 8000 | 46(35.9) | 50(38.5) | ||
| ~ 15,000 | 22(17.2) | 35(26.9) | ||
| ≥15,000 | 24(18.8) | 13(10.0) | ||
| Insurance type | ||||
| Private insurance | 31(24.2) | 20(15.4) | 3.400b | 0.334 |
| New rural cooperative medical system | 19(14.8) | 21(16.2) | ||
| Occupational health insurance | 77(60.2) | 87(66.9) | ||
| Other | 1(0.8) | 2(1.5) | ||
| BMI before pregnancy (mean ± SD) | 20.925 ± 2.235 | 21.257 ± 2.462 | 1.135c | 0.258 |
| Normal (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25) | 101(78.9) | 103(79.2) | 0.004b | 0.949 |
| Abnormal (BMI < 18.5 or BMI ≥ 25) | 27(21.1) | 27(20.8) | ||
| Parity | ||||
| Unipara | 77(60.2) | 74(56.9) | 0.278b | 0.598 |
| Multipara | 51(39.8) | 56(43.1) | ||
| History of scarred uterus | ||||
| No | 100(78.1) | 102(78.5) | 0.004b | 0.948 |
| Yes | 28(21.9) | 28(21.5) | ||
| Experience with any pregnancy and childbirth-related educational sessions before participating in the current study | ||||
| No | 77(60.2) | 82(63.1) | 0.233b | 0.630 |
| Yes | 51(39.8) | 48(36.9) | ||
| Number of terminations [M (P25, P75)] | 0(0,1) | 0(0,1) | −0.244a | 0.807 |
| Birth modes | ||||
| Spontaneous labor | 69(53.9) | 66(50.8) | 0.254b | 0.614 |
| Caesarean section | 59(46.1) | 64(49.2) | ||
a Mann–Whitney rank test
b Chi-squared test
c t-test