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Table 2 Maternal wellbeing of participants at baseline

From: Effects of midwife-led maternity services on postpartum wellbeing and clinical outcomes in primiparous women under China’s one-child policy

Characteristic

Total n = 1568

OMCa group n = 1117

MCDb group n = 279

CMCc group n = 172

P

Maternal wellbeing [M(SD)] d

 Anxiety

7.72 (2.32)

7.63 (2.50)

8.01 (2.53)

7.85 (2.30)

< 0.001***

 Depression

16.12 (6.35)

16.39 (6.05)

13.65 (8.16)

18.41 (6.44)

< 0.001***

 General health

19.04 (4.67)

19.11 (4.63)

17.72 (5.10)

20.77 (4.51)

< 0.001***

 Positive wellbeing

17.12 (2.37)

17.05 (2.31)

17.65 (2.86)

16.77 (2.63)

< 0.001***

 Self-control

27.28 (2.72)

27.16 (2.66)

27.98 (3.29)

26.94 (2.67)

< 0.001***

 Vitality

28.07 (4.02)

28.13 (3.96)

26.86 (4.33)

29.63 (3.98)

< 0.001***

 Total score

115.36 (11.86)

115.48 (11.85)

112.12 (12.37)

119.85(10.33)

< 0.001***

  1. aObstetrician-led Maternity Care
  2. bMidwife-led Care at Delivery
  3. cContinuity of Midwife-led Care
  4. dOne-way ANOVA
  5. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01,***p < 0.001