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Table 3 Comparison between intra-group and intra-group marital intimacy of women before and after the intervention

From: Investigating the effect of couple-centered counseling by Gottman method on the intimacy of infertile couples referring to the infertility Ward of Fatemieh hospital, Hamadan, Iran in 2020: a quasi-experimental study

Variable

intervenion group

Mean (standard deviation)

control group

Mean (Standard deviation)

Mean difference (CI 95%)

statistics

P-value*

Before intervention

75.6 (10.63)

75.76 (13.29)

0.16 (−6.05, 6.38)

0.05

0.95

After the intervention

78.86 (7.78)

76.20 (13.17)

−2.66 (−8.27, 2.94)

−0.95

0.34

Mean difference (CI 95%)

−3.26 (−5.89, − 0.64)

−0.43 (−1.82, 0.96)

   

statistics

−2.54

−0.63

   

P-value**

0.01

0.53

   
  1. *Independent t-test, ** Paired t-test