Table 3.

Sources of Emotional Support after Experiencing a Miscarriage and Their Effect on Participants’ Emotions (N, %)

Feelings	Received social support				No social support	P-value
	Family	Husband	Friends	Medical staff
Like child loss	173 48.7%	173 48.7%	60 16.9%	44 12.4%	19 5.4%	0.005*
Guilty	88 24.8%	87 24.5%	41 11.5%	28 7.9%	17 4.8%	0.229
Lonely	101 28.5%	91 25.6%	43 12.1%	28 7.9%	15 4.2%	0.883
Ashamed	32 9.0%	39 11.0%	15 4.2%	9 2.5%	7 2.0%	0.503
Annoyed	90 25.4%	104 29.3%	26 7.3%	19 5.4%	18 5.1%	0.366
Fate acceptance	182 51.3%	193 54.4%	56 15.8%	38 10.7%	30 8.5%	0.664

*p-value was based on chi-square test and < 0.05 was considered significant