A randomized controlled clinical trial of the effect of supportive counseling on mental health in Iranian mothers of premature infants

Table 3 Comparison of mean scores of postpartum bonding before and after intervention between groups

Variable	Counseling (n = 34) Mean (SD^a)	Control (n = 32) Mean (SD^a)	MD (95% CI)^b	P-Value
Postpartum Bonding score (Range score: 0 to 125)
Before intervention	18.7 (9.1)	14.9 (9.6)	-3.4 (-8.5 to 0.7)	0.098^c
After intervention	8.0 (3.1)	17.6 (10.5)	-10.0 (-13.9 to -6.0)	< 0.001^d

After intervention, the number of participants in the counseling group was 32 and in the control group was 30
^aStandard Deviation
^bMean Difference (95% Confidence Interval)
^cIndependent t-test
^dANCOVA

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