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Table 3 The Mean (SD) of the Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) and birth experience based on hospital type

From: Respectful maternity care and its relationship with childbirth experience in Iranian women: a prospective cohort study

Variable

Public hospital (n = 298)

Private hospital (n = 36)

Mean (SDb)

Relationship with birth experience

r (P-value)a

Mean (SDb)

Relationship with birth experience

r (P-value)a

Total score of RMC

61.50 (12.44)

0.85 (< 0.001)

71.38 (3.24)

0.56 (< 0.001)

Friendly care

28.63 (6.87)

0.82 (< 0.001)

34.33 (1.56)

0.32 (0.053)

Abuse free care

12.57 (2.71)

0.77 (< 0.001)

14.63 (0.83)

0.53 (0.001)

Timely care

11.55 (2.15)

0.68 (< 0.001)

12.55 (1.18)

0.52 (0.001)

Discrimination free care

8.78 (1.75)

0.77 (< 0.001)

9.86 (0.42)

0.58 (< 0.001)

  1. aStandard Deviation, bPearson correlation test