Table 2 Comparison of childbirth experience and its sub-domains, intra-partum care quality, fear of childbirth, and postpartum depression between the study groups

CEQ^*Total (Score range: 1 to 4)

0.7 (0.6 to 0.8)

< 0.001^a

CEQ-Participation

0.9 (0.7 to 1.1)

< 0.001^a

CEQ-Perceived Safety

0.6 (0.4 to 0.8)

< 0.001^a

CEQ-Own Capacity

0.6 (0.4 to 0.9)

< 0.001^a

CEQ-ProfessionalSupport

0.8 (0.6 to 0.9)

< 0.001^a

Intrapartum care quality (Score range: 25 to 12)

7.0 (4.0 to 10.0)

< 0.001^a

Fear of childbirth (pre-intervention) (Score range: 10 to 100)

-2.8 (-9.2 to 3.5)

0.377^b**

Fear of childbirth (post-intervention) (Score range: 10 to 100)

-16.0 (-22.0 to -10.0)

< 0.001^c***

Postpartum depression (Score range: 0 to 30)

0.9 (-1.0 to 3.0)

0.352^a