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Table 3 Comparison of the duration of delivery stages and pain score between two groups of the distraction techniques and control

From: The effect of distraction techniques on pain and stress during labor: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Variable

Distraction techniques

Control

 

P-value

Med (Per 25 to Per 75)a

Mean (SDb)

Med (Per 25 to Per 75)a

Mean (SDb)

 

Active phase (Minute)

240.0 (307.5 to 180.0)

246.6 (131.3)

260.0 (180.0 to 260.0)

268.7 (130.9)

0.504c

Second stage (Minute)

25.0 (15.0 to 40.0)

27.8 (15.1)

30.0 (13.7 to 45.0)

29.1 (18.9)

0.928d

Total length of delivery (Minute)

270.0 (190.0 to 355.0)

274.5 (141.5)

300.0 (210.0 to 390.0)

296.9 (135.0)

0.520c

Pain

6.5 (5.0 to 7.4)

6.2 (1.4)

7.8 (7.0 to 8.5)

7.5 (1.4)

< 0.001d

  1. aMedian (Percentile 25 to Percentile 75)
  2. bStandard Deviation
  3. cIndependent t-test
  4. dMann Whitney U