Worries of Pregnant Women: Testing the Farsi Cambridge Worry Scale

Table 5

Means of the 22-item Farsi Cambridge Worry Scale scores based on sociodemographic variables.

Variable	Scale factors
			Total worry score	Sociomedical	Health of mother/others & relationships	Baby’s health	Socioeconomic
Age	<30	291	40.2 ± 18.4	20.7 ± 9.6	5.59 ± 4.9	7.5 ± 4.5	5.5 ± 4.5
	30≤	107	35.4 ± 21.4	18.2 ± 10.0	5.2 ± 5.2	6.3 ± 5.0	4.2 ± 4.2
			0.021	0.027	0.540	0.039	0.054
Education	≤12	243	40.2 ± 19.6	20.0 ± 9.8	5.9 ± 5.2	7.4 ± 4.7	7.0 ± 5.6
	12<	147	37.3 ± 18.9	20.2 ± 9.7	4.8 ± 4.5	6.7 ± 4.7	5.6 ± 5.4
			0.151	0.813	0.032	0.184	0.013
Unwanted/unplanned pregnancy	No	278	37.2 ± 18.5	19.7 ± 9.9	4.9 ± 4.5	7.1 ± 4.7	5.6 ± 5.0
	Yes	117	44.0 ± 20.3	21.0 ± 9.3	7.0 ± 5.6	7.4 ± 4.7	8.7 ± 6.3
			0.001	0.243	<0.001	0.471	<0.001
CAQ score^†	<37^‡	179	30.2 ± 15.9	14.5 ± 7.9	4.2 ± 4.3	6.2 ± 4.4	5.3 ± 5.6
	37≤	218	47.1 ± 18.5	24.9 ± 8.5	6.6 ± 5.2	8.1 ± 4.8	7.5 ± 5.3
			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Request for caesarean	Yes	65	44.2 ± 19.6	24.3 ± 9.5	5.8 ± 4.9	7.4 ± 5.0	6.8 ± 5.6
	No	335	38.3 ± 19.0	19.3 ± 9.6	5.4 ± 5.0	7.1 ± 4.6	6.5 ± 5.6
			0.022	<0.001	0.602	0.702	0.693

⁢, , , ^†Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaire score, and ^‡<37 indicative of low childbirth fear.