The Relationship between Fear of Childbirth and Women’s Knowledge about Painless Childbirth
Table 3
Delivery preference of participants and reasons for requesting elective caesarean section.
Patients preferring caesarean section for their current pregnancy
Patients preferring vaginal delivery for their current pregnancy
, %
, %
The patients with FOC in group 1 ()
, 11.5
, 88.4
The patients with FOC in group 2 ()
70, 92
6, 7.8
The patients without FOC in group 1 ()
, 12
, 87.9
The patients without FOC in group 2 ()
100, 33.3
200, 66.6
Causes for preferring caesarean section ()
(i) Fear of pain caused by uterine contractions ( = 155, 66.5%)
(ii) Control request delivery time (, 21.4%)
(iii) Fear of perineal tear (, 8.1%)
(iv) Request of tubal ligation (, 3.8%)
Group 1: participants with knowledge about painless childbirth, group 2: participants who do not have knowledge about painless childbirth. , compared to the patients with FOC in group 2; , compared to the patients without FOC in group 2.