Research Article
The Relationship between Fear of Childbirth and Women’s Knowledge about Painless Childbirth
Table 1
Women’s demographic and obstetric characteristics and mean W-DEQ scores.
| | Characteristic | Group 1
(, 58.2%) | Group 2
(, 41.7%) | value |
| | Age (years) | 29.52 ± 4.31 | 29.96 ± 4.37 | >0.05 | | Parity | 2.20 ± 0.54 | 2.22 ± 0.51 | >0.05 | | Gestational week | 35.87 ± 0.85 | 35.91 ± 0.85 | >0.05 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 29.18 ± 3.30 | 28.83 ± 2.94 | >0.05 | | Mean W-DEQ scores | 68.46 ± 12.53 | 71.35 ± 12.28 | =0.001 | | W-DEQ scores (min, max) | 5, 95 | 5, 99 | | | Patients with FOC (, %) | 69, 13.2% | 76, 20.2% | =0.005 | | University graduates (, %) | 94, 17.9% | 65, 17.2% | >0.05 |
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Group 1: participants with knowledge about painless childbirth, group 2: participants who do not have knowledge about painless childbirth.
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