Research Article
Guided Imagery for Stress and Symptom Management in Pregnant African American Women
Table 1
Demographic variables by group (
).
| | Variable | GI
Mean (SE) | UC
Mean (SE) | Total
Mean (SE) | value |
| | Age | 24.75 (1.06) | 23.78 (0.73) | 24.26 (0.64) | 0.454 | | Height | 5.31 (0.05) | 5.38 (0.04) | 5.35 (0.03) | 0.315 | | Weight | 176.56 (6.20) | 171.49 (7.15) | 174.03 (4.71) | 0.594 | | Number of pregnancies | 2.89 (0.31) | 2.37 (0.30) | 2.63 (0.22) | 0.236 | | Weeks pregnant | 15.53 (0.16) | 15.32 (0.22) | 15.43 (0.13) | 0.446 |
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| | Income | | | | | | Less than 15,000 | 72% (26) | 64% (23) | 68% () | 0.617 | | Between 15,000 and 44,999 | 25% (9) | 28% (10) | 26% () | | More than 45,000 | 3% (1) | 8% (3) | 5% () | | Marital status | | | | | | Married/married before | 17% () | 11% () | 14% () | 0.496 | | Single never married | 83% ) | 89% () | 86% () | | Employment | | | | | | Full-/part-time job | 39% ( | 39% () | 39% () | 0.924
| | No Job | 58% () | 61% () | 60% () | | Education | | | | | | High school or less | 47% () | 50% () | 49% () | 0.896
| | Posthigh school | 36% | 39% () | 37% () | | Postcollege | 17% () | 11% () | 14% () | | Drink alcohol | | | | | | No | 86% ) | 97% () | 92% () | 0.199 | | Yes | 14% () | 3% () | 8% () | | Smoking | | | | | | No | 75% () | 89% () | 82% () | 0.220 | | Yes | 25% () | 11% () | 18% () | | Beverages w/caffeine | | | | | | No | 22% () | 36% () | 29% () | 0.195 | | Yes | 78% () | 64% () | 71% () | | Use stress management | | | | | | No | 80% | 89% () | 85% () | 0.343 | | Yes | 20% () | 11% () | 15% () |
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