Table 3.

Relationship between qualitative demographic variables with perceived support and communication.

Variable	Variable levels	Support (Mean ± SD)	P-Value	Communication (Mean ± SD)	P-Value
Unit	Neonatal	80/41 ± 14/99	0.016	60/76 ± 11/85	0.042
	NICU	75/63 ± 15/12		57/33 ± 13/80
Neonate Gender	Girl	77/74 ± 15/81	0.608	58/58 ± 13/10	0.469
	Boy	78/77 ± 14/76		59/80 ± 12/63
Mechanical Ventilation Status of the Neonate	Yes	74/32 ± 15/17	0.017	57/01 ± 14/60	0.111
	No	79/72 ± 15/00		60/05 ± 12/09
Neonate Multiplicity Status	Single	78/04 ± 15/33	0.206	59/21 ± 12/86	0.755
	Twins or more	84/00 ± 11/38		60/45 ± 12/54
First Live born Neonate	Yes	78/33 ± 14/98	0.995	59/69 ± 12/33	0.658
	No	78/32 ± 15/42		58/94 ± 13/22
Delivery type	NVD	78/75 ± 16/22	0.710	58/61 ± 14/33	0.497
	C.S	78/00 ± 14/45		59/76 ± 11/60
Experience of Difficult Delivery	Yes	78/51 ± 12/43	0.882	59/51 ± 10/74	0.819
	No	78/20 ± 16/78		59/11 ± 14/02
History of infertility	Yes	72/92 ± 14/59	0.055	54/88 ± 14/31	0.064
	NO	78/99 ± 15/17		59/81 ± 12/56
Mother's educational status	Elementary and Middle school	82/40 ± 15/74	0.169	59/82 ± 13/28	0.708
	Diploma	76/66 ± 16/16		58/55 ± 12/68
	Associate's degree	79/86 ± 12/01		61/26 ± 10/96
	Bachelor's degree	77/63 ± 14/40		59/86 ± 13/55
	Master and higher	73/00 ± 11/33		55/00 ± 12/34
Mother's Employment Status	Employed	78/59 ± 13/13	0.900	58/52 ± 14/32	0.678
	Unemployed	78/26 ± 15/64		59/43 ± 12/51
Level of Income	Adequate	77/53 ± 15/01	0.072	58/30 ± 13/80	0.480
	Moderate	77/06 ± 15/65		59/13 ± 12/50
	Low	83/04 ± 13/60		61/25 ± 12/07
Insurance Status	Insured	78/49 ± 15/17	0.473	59/56 ± 12/56	0.126
	Uninsured	75/25 ± 16/07		53/75 ± 16/69
Residence Status	Native	78/42 ± 15/06	0.852	59/97 ± 12/37	0.119
	Non-native	77/98 ± 15/83		56/84 ± 14/13
Maternal Newborn Hospitalization Experience	Yes	80/12 ± 15/10	0.413	60/27 ± 12/63	0.588
	No	77/95 ± 15/23		59/06 ± 12/88