Effect of care intervention with a health education form for breastfeeding on breast distension, pain, and lactation in postpartum mothers

Table 2 Comparison of breast distension and pain scores and milk yield scores between the two groups, mean ± SD

Group	n	Breast pain score			Lactation score
		Before intervention	1 day after intervention	3 days after intervention	Before intervention	1 day after intervention	3 days after intervention
Intervention group	104	5.76 ± 0.79	4.42 ± 0.84a	2.01 ± 0.64a	1.02 ± 0.20	1.70 ± 0.48a	2.17 ± 0.38a
Control group	103	5.79 ± 0.88	4.53 ± 0.78a	2.66 ± 0.62a	1.01 ± 0.26	1.60 ± 0.51a	1.98 ± 0.42a
t		-0.258	-0.976	-7.421	0.310	1.453	3.414
P value		0.797	0.330	0.000	0.757	0.148	0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs before treatment.