Table 2.

Descriptive parameters of the German Cambridge Worry Scale

	n	0 Not a worry	1	2	3	4	5 Major worry	Mean value [95% CI]
Item		%	%	%	%	%	%
Your housing	344	67.7	11.6	6.7	8.4	4.1	1.5	0.74 [0.60; 0.87]
Money problems	344	48.0	17.7	15.4	11.3	4.1	3.5	1.16 [1.01;1.31]
Problems with the law	344	93.3	2.9	0.9	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.15 [0.08; 0.22]
Your relationship with your husband/partner	342	77.8	11.7	3.5	3.5	2.0	1.5	0.45 [0.34;0.56]
Your relationship with your family and friends	342	76.9	11.7	6.1	3.8	0.3	1.2	0.42 [0.32; 0.52]
Your own health	343	60.6	21.0	12.2	3.5	2.0	0.6	0.67 [0.56; 0.78]
The health of someone close to you	342	66.1	7.3	11.1	8.8	3.2	3.5	0.86 [0.71; 1.01]
Employment problems	339	73.7	9.7	6.2	4.7	3.2	2.4	0.61 [0.48; 0.74]
The possibility of something being wrong with the baby	342	16.7	25.1	21.6	21.1	10.2	5.3	1.99 [1.84; 2.14]
Going to hospital	342	43.3	17.8	19.3	9.9	5.6	4.1	1.29 [1.14; 1.44]
Internal examinations	343	72.9	15.7	7.0	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.45 [0.35; 0.54]
Giving birth	342	14.3	17.3	26.6	21.1	11.4	9.4	2.26 [2.10; 2.42]
Coping with the new baby	343	27.4	23.0	25.9	14.9	6.4	2.3	1.57 [1.43; 1;71]
Giving up work	277	51.3	18.4	12.6	10.1	4.7	2.9	1.07 [0.91; 1.24]
Whether your partner will be with you for the birth	337	75.7	9.2	4.7	5.9	2.4	2.1	0.56 [0.44; 0.69]
The possibility of miscarriage	332	56.3	18.1	11.4	6.3	2.7	5.1	0.96 [0.81; 1.12]
The possibility of going into labour too early	329	42.2	20.4	19.1	9.1	3.6	5.5	1.28 [1.12; 1.44]