Research Article
Awareness among Pregnant Women about Epidural Analgesia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Demographic characteristics and desire to receive epidural anesthesia.
| Epidural analgesia | Yes (n = 38) | No (n = 30) | Not sure (n = 37) | value |
| Level of education | | | | | School-level education | 10 (25.6) | 17 (43.6) | 12 (30.7) | | University-level education | 28 (42.4) | 13 (19.7) | 25 (37.9) | 0.028 | Employment statue | | | | | Employed | 11 (40.7) | 7 (25.9) | 9 (3.3) | 0.85 | Not employed | 27 (34.6) | 23 (29.5) | 28 (35.9) | | Family monthly income | | | | | Less than 10,000 SAR | 30 (38.9) | 21 (27.3) | 26 (33.7) | 0.62 | More than 10,000 SAR | 8 (28.6) | 9 (32.1) | 11 (39.3) | | Previous exposure to epidural analgesia | | | | | Yes | 12 (50.0) | 6 (25.0) | 6 (25.0) | 0.11 | No | 26 (32.1) | 24 (30.8) | 31 (39.7) | | First pregnancy | | | | | Yes | 10 (31.3) | 10 (31.3) | 12 (37.5) | 0.78 | No | 28 (38.4) | 20 (27.4) | 25 (34.3) | |
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