Intervention group | Comparison group | ||||||
(n = 115) | (n = 114) | ||||||
Demographic variable | M | SD | M | SD | t-value | df | p-value |
Age (years) | 33.4 | 4.03 | 33.3 | 4.44 | 0.095 | 218 | 0.924 |
Postpartum days | 3.1 | 1.29 | 2.8 | 1.36 | 1.548 | 227 | 0.123 |
Attribute | n | % | n | % | total | χ2 | p-value |
Delivery methods | |||||||
normal vaginal | 72 | 62.6 | 79 | 69.3 | 151 | 1.141 | 0.286 |
caesarean section | 43 | 37.4 | 35 | 30.7 | 78 | ||
Birth experience | |||||||
primipara | 76 | 66.1 | 64 | 56.1 | 140 | 2.415 | 0.491 |
multipara (2 times) | 31 | 27.0 | 40 | 35.1 | 71 | ||
multipara (3 times) | 7 | 6.1 | 9 | 7.9 | 16 | ||
multipara (4 times) | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | ||
Previous disease | |||||||
yes | 7 | 6.1 | 10 | 8.8 | 17 | 0.601 | 0.438 |
no | 108 | 93.9 | 104 | 91.2 | 212 | ||
Pregnancy complication | |||||||
yes | 39 | 33.9 | 29 | 25.4 | 68 | 1.969 | 0.161 |
no | 76 | 66.1 | 85 | 74.6 | 161 | ||
Selected essential oil | |||||||
sweet orange | 43 | 37.4 | |||||
citron | 23 | 20.0 | |||||
ylang-ylang | 20 | 17.4 | |||||
pure lavender | 19 | 16.5 | |||||
rosewood | 10 | 8.7 | |||||
Each scale and subscale | M | SD | M | SD | t-value | df | p-value |
Fatigue | 8.7 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 0.096 | 227 | 0.924 |
Relaxation | 22.7 | 8.4 | 22.9 | 9.0 | −0.105 | 227 | 0.917 |