Clinical Study
Maternal Psychological Problems Associated with Neonatal Intensive Care Admission
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of the NICU and control groups.
| | NICU group : 88 | Control group : 81 | |
| Mother age (mean ± SD) years | | | .90 |
| Type of delivery: | | | | NVD (n) | 22 | 47 | .001 | Caesarean (n) | 66 | 34 |
| Parity: | | | | Multipar (n) | 37 | 40 | .33 | Primipar (n) | 51 | 41 |
| Gender of the baby: | | | | Male (n) | 45 | 40 | .82 | Female (n) | 43 | 41 |
| Education of mother (n): | | | | 8 years | 28 | 20 | .30 | 8 years | 60 | 61 |
| Working status: | | | | Working (n) | 44 | 45 | .82 | Housewife (n) | 44 | 36 |
| Exclusive breastfeeding (n) | 43 | 68 | .001 | Breastfeeding and/or formula (n) | 45 | 13 | (First month) | | |
| Exclusive breastfeeding (n) | 36 | 56 | .001 | Breastfeeding and/or formula (n) | 52 | 25 | (4th month) | | |
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