Table 3 Intervention and control group mean score differences
Variable | Group | 95% CI means difference | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | ||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Lower | Upper | ||
Fear of childbirth | |||||||
 Pretest | 40.29 | 6.78 | 39.11 | 5.67 | − 1.175 | 5.346 | 0.436 |
 Post-test | 23.54 | 3.60 | 40.77 | 4.31 | − 18.668 | − 14.075 | 0.001 |
Childbirth self-efficacy | |||||||
 Pretest | 199.37 | 34.02 | 208.26 | 27.50 | −23.641 | 5.869 | 0.234 |
 Post-test | 301.43 | 11.80 | 208.37 | 29.55 | 82.222 | 103.892 | 0.001 |
Birth companion support | |||||||
 Pretest | 25.71 | 4.99 | 26.15 | 3.89 | − 3.905 | 0.362 | 0.102 |
 Follow-up | 37.97 | 1.42 | 30.86 | 3.82 | 5.725 | 8.504 | 0.001 |