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Table 4 Women's satisfaction levels assessed before and after introduction of the new model of maternity care

From: Developing evidence-based maternity care in Iran: a quality improvement study

  

Satisfaction level

 
  

Before

After

 

No

Needs and requirements

Mean

Variance

Mean

Variance

P-value (two dimensional) with Mann-Whitney test

1

Provision of comfort

3.5

0.77

4.57

0.29

< 0.0001

2

Well-being of woman

3.50

0.66

4.63

0.28

< 0.0001

3

Painless vaginal examination

4.41

0.45

4.29

0.63

0.371

4

Vaginal birth

2.47

0.50

4.41

1.31

< 0.0001

5

Companionship after birth

2.64

0.64

3.50

2.61

< 0.0001

6

Listening to the fetal heartbeat

3.46

0.66

4.85

0.17

< 0.0001

7

Immediate opportunity to see the newborn

3.54

0.61

4.79

0.34

< 0.0001

8

Low-pain labour

4.37

0.59

4.22

0.49

0.063

9

Quick response to requests

3.46

0.68

4.50

0.30

< 0.0001

10

Helping mother with breastfeeding

3.41

0.65

4.40

0.76

< 0.0001

11

Caring and sensitive staff

3.40

0.61

4.54

0.32

< 0.0001

12

Labour and childbirth education

4.30

0.62

4.91

0.10

< 0.0001

13

Well-being of baby

3.30

0.65

4.73

0.24

< 0.0001

14

Bed linen changed frequently

3.50

0.66

4.67

0.22

< 0.0001

15

Privacy during birth & vaginal examination

3.46

0.63

4.33

1.15

< 0.0001

16

Clean maternity ward

4.22

0.74

4.54

0.29

0.032

17

Improved hospital facilities

2.78

0.82

3.98

1.64

< 0.0001

18

Quick admission

3.40

0.87

4.68

0.37

< 0.0001

19

Short labour

4.29

0.80

4.43

0.45

0.536

20

Frequent monitoring

3.58

0.56

4.57

0.33

< 0.0001