Effects of ADIET communication and delivery rehearsal on anxiety, labor process, and outcomes in vaginal trial delivery

Table 1 Comparison of prenatal anxiety status between the two groups (mean ± SD, score)

Group	n	Childbirth anxiety		Self-anxiety		Fetal anxiety		General anxiety
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Control	100	29.18 ± 5.36	22.39 ± 5.24a	23.29 ± 5.45	19.05 ± 5.28a	21.57 ± 5.32	17.15 ± 5.21a	22.08 ± 5.47	18.02 ± 5.23a
Observation	100	29.30 ± 2.42	20.57 ± 5.13a	23.16 ± 5.34	17.24 ± 5.10a	21.49 ± 5.26	15.31 ± 5.04a	22.13 ± 5.51	16.14 ± 5.16a
t		0.204	2.482	0.170	2.466	0.107	2.538	0.064	2.559
P value		0.839	0.014	0.865	0.015	0.915	0.012	0.949	0.011

^aP < 0.05, compare with specific values before intervention in the same group.

Table 2 Comparison of labor times between the two groups (mean ± SD, hour)

Group	n	First stage of labor	Second stage of labor	Third stage of labor	Total stage of labor
Control	100	8.09 ± 1.12	1.14 ± 0.32	0.18 ± 0.03	9.38 ± 1.24
Observation	100	7.68 ± 1.03	0.95 ± 0.21	0.17 ± 0.02	8.89 ± 1.10
t		2.695	3.135	2.774	2.956
P value		0.008	0.002	0.006	0.003

Table 3 Comparison of delivery efficacy between the two groups (mean ± SD, score)

Group	n	OE-16		EE-16
		Before	After	Before	After
Control	100	84.12 ± 5.27	105.05 ± 5.39	82.25 ± 5.32	102.13 ± 5.34
Observation	100	84.25 ± 5.30	106.89 ± 5.46	82.39 ± 5.26	104.07 ± 5.50
t		0.174	2.398	0.187	2.531
P value		0.862	0.017	0.852	0.012

OE-16: Outcome expectation; EE-16: Self-efficacy expectation.

Table 4 Comparison of delivery outcomes between the two groups, n (%)

Group	n	Natural birth rate	Cesarean section rate	Vaginal midwifery rate	Neonatal asphyxia rate
Control	100	52 (52.00)	34 (34.00)	8 (8.00)	6 (6.00)
Observation	100	77 (77.00)	21 (21.00)	1 (1.00)	0 (0.00)
χ2		13.647	4.238	4.188	4.295
P value		< 0.001	0.039	0.040	0.038