Maternal Psychological Problems Associated with Neonatal Intensive Care Admission

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of the NICU and control groups.

	NICU group 𝑛: 88	Control group 𝑛: 81	𝑃
Mother age (mean ± SD) years	30.08±5	29.9±5	.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)