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

Table 6 Comparison of scores for mother-infant communication between the two groups, mean ± SD

Group	n	Parent-child communication		Environmental creation		Maternal-child interaction		Total score
		Before intervention	7 days after intervention	Before intervention	7 days after intervention	Before intervention	7 days after intervention	Before intervention	7 days after intervention
Intervention group	104	2.16 ± 0.55	3.06 ± 0.64a	2.50 ± 0.81	2.84 ± 0.78	2.81 ± 0.64	3.24 ± 0.60a	7.47 ± 1.44	9.14 ± 1.63a
Control group	103	2.25 ± 0.61	2.84 ± 0.72a	2.63 ± 0.76	2.76 ± 0.80	2.88 ± 0.73	3.03 ± 0.68	7.76 ± 1.51	8.63 ± 1.50a
t		-1.115	2.324	-1.191	0.728	-0.734	2.357	-1.414	2.342
P value		0.266	0.021	0.235	0.467	0.464	0.019	0.159	0.02

^aP < 0.05 vs before treatment.