Worries of Pregnant Women: Testing the Farsi Cambridge Worry Scale

Table 2

Descriptive parameters of the Farsi Cambridge Worry Scale.

	Not a worry; %	1; %	2; %	3; %	4; %	Major worry; %	% of 4 and 5	Mean
Having nobody in delivery ward	15.4	15.6	8.3	9.8	20.9	30.0	50.9	2.95
Giving birth	12.1	19.4	9.6	17.4	18.9	22.7	41.6	2.80
Possibility of fetal death, disease, or anomaly	16.6	20.7	8.1	8.8	15.9	30.0	45.9	2.77
Whether midwives provide good care in labor	9.6	20.7	12.8	16.9	20.9	19.1	40.0	2.76
Internal examinations	16.9	18.6	10.1	11.6	19.6	23.2	42.8	2.68
Whether your husband will be with you at the time of admission to labor	19.6	20.2	8.1	9.8	17.6	24.7	42.3	2.60
Crowded delivery ward	16.6	20.9	7.1	15.6	22.4	17.4	39.8	2.58
Probability of not having a spontaneous labor	16.6	23.7	11.1	14.9	18.6	15.1	33.7	2.41
Possibility of miscarriage	34.3	15.6	4.8	8.1	10.1	27.2	37.3	2.26
Probability of going into labor too early	27.0	19.7	9.1	11.4	18.4	14.4	32.8	2.18
Going to hospital	25.7	23.2	9.8	14.9	15.9	10.6	36.5	2.04
Money problems	29.5	22.2	9.6	14.9	14.4	9.6	24.0	1.91
Coping with the new baby	25.4	26.4	10.8	14.9	13.9	8.6	22.5	1.91
Your own health	24.9	32.2	9.6	10.1	13.1	10.1	23.2	1.84
Health of relatives	31	25.4	13.6	8.8	11.6	9.6	21.2	1.73
Employment problems	45.8	16.9	8.3	10.6	10.3	8.1	18.4	1.47
Relationship with husband	56.9	17.6	7.1	6.8	6.5	5.0	11.5	1.04
Your housing	47.6	26.7	6	9.8	6	3.8	9.8	1.11
Unplanned or unwanted pregnancy	84.6	7.8	1.5	2.5	1.5	2	3.5	1.0
Relationship with family	57.7	18.6	9.8	6.5	3.8	3.5	7.3	0.91
Problems with the law	68.5	13.9	6.5	5.3	3.8	2.0	5.8	0.68
Baby gender	63.5	13.1	3.8	7.3	4.8	7.6	12.4	0.35