Influence of cervical balloon fluid volume on maternal labor process, maternal and infant outcomes, and pregnancy-related anxiety

Table 1 Comparison of cervical maturity in the two groups (mean ± SD, score)

Group	Case	Pretherapy	Post-treatment	t’	P value
Control	50	2.87 ± 0.47	7.62 ± 0.83	35.213	< 0.001
Observation	50	2.89 ± 0.48	9.76 ± 1.19	37.858	< 0.001
t		0.211	10.430
P value		0.834	< 0.001

Table 2 Comparison of maternal delivery mode between the two groups, n (%)

Group	Case	Uterine-incision delivery	Vaginal midwifery	Natural labor
Control	50	13 (26.00)	18 (36.00)	19 (38.00)
Observation	50	4 (8.00)	16 (32.00)	30 (60.00)
Z		-2.376
P value		0.017

Table 3 Comparison of the labor time of the two groups (mean ± SD, minute)

Group	Case	First stage of labor	Second stage of labor	Third stage of labor	Total stage of labor
Control	50	603.52 ± 47.21	49.71 ± 7.86	11.30 ± 1.39	663.05 ± 45.19
Observation	50	440.12 ± 32.25	48.73 ± 5.14	10.96 ± 1.35	496.21 ± 42.03
t		18.684	0.684	1.126	17.383
P value		< 0.001	0.496	0.264	< 0.001

Table 4 Comparison of anxiety in the two groups (mean ± SD, score)

Group	Case	Pretherapy	Post-treatment	t’	P value
Control	50	22.79 ± 3.10	13.05 ± 1.12	20.895	< 0.001
Observation	50	22.81 ± 3.13	7.32 ± 0.85	33.771	< 0.001
t		0.032	28.817
P value		0.974	< 0.001

Table 5 Comparison of maternal and infant outcomes between the two groups, n (%)

Group	Case	Excessive contractions	postpartum hemorrhage	Cervical edema	Asphyxia neonatorum	Fetal distress	Total incidence
Control	50	2 (4.00)	1 (2.00)	3 (6.00)	1 (2.00)	2 (4.00)	9 (18.00)
Observation	50	1 (2.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (2.00)
χ2							7.111
P value							0.008

Table 6 Comparison of maternal cervical ripening efficacy in the two groups, n (%)

Group	Case	Excellence	Effective	Invalid	Total effective rate
Control	50	18 (36.00)	23 (46.00)	9 (18.00)	41 (82.00)
Observation	50	32 (64.00)	17 (34.00)	1 (2.00)	49 (98.00)
χ2					7.111
P value					0.008