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 |