Table 2.
Comparison of women with low and high anxiety on characteristics by parity (N = 624)
| |
NULLIPARAS |
MULTIPARAS |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Low anxiety |
High anxiety |
|
Low anxiety |
High anxiety |
|
| (N = 279) | (N = 93) | (N = 164) | (N = 88) | |||
| |
% (N) |
% (N) |
p |
% (N) |
% (N) |
p |
|
Maternal characteristics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Age > 35 |
15.1 (42) |
11.8 (11) |
0.441 |
39.0 (64) |
15.9 (14) |
< 0.001 |
| Family Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| < $ BC Average |
24.4 (68) |
28.0 (26) |
0.491 |
30.5 (50) |
46.6 (41) |
0.010 |
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No university |
42.7 (119) |
50.5 (47) |
0.185 |
44.5 (73) |
59.1 (52) |
0.027 |
| University degree |
57.3 (160) |
49.5 (46) |
|
55.5 (91) |
40.9 (36) |
|
| Lone parent |
1.8 (5) |
2.2 (2) |
0.826 |
1.8 (3) |
1.1 (1) |
0.675 |
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Aboriginal |
1.1 (3) |
3.4 (3) |
0.343 |
1.3 (2) |
5.1 (4) |
0.218 |
| Caucasian |
90.2 (239) |
87.4 (76) |
|
91.1 (143) |
87.3 (69) |
|
| Asian |
8.7 (23) |
9.2 (8) |
|
7.6 (12) |
7.6 (6) |
|
| Maternity care provider |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Midwife |
26.5 (74) |
15.1 (14) |
0.026 |
29.9 (49) |
20.5 (18) |
0.107 |
| GP |
42.3 (118) |
40.9 (38) |
|
37.2 (61) |
34.1 (30) |
|
| Obstetrician |
31.2 (87) |
44.1 (41) |
|
32.9 (54) |
45.5 (40) |
|
| Attended childbirth classes |
83.5 (233) |
83.9 (78) |
0.936 |
12.2 (20) |
13.6 (12) |
0.743 |
| History of difficult labour |
NA |
NA |
NA |
51.2 (83) |
55.2 (48) |
0.553 |
| History of upsetting labour |
NA |
NA |
NA |
34.6 (56) |
42.5 (37) |
0.216 |
|
Maternal characteristics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Source of stressor - relationships |
21.1 (59) |
37.6 (35) |
0.002 |
42.3 (69) |
66.7 (58) |
< 0.001 |
| Source of stressor – finances |
45.2 (126) |
61.3 (57) |
0.007 |
43.6 (71) |
66.7 (58) |
< 0.001 |
| Source of stressor – housing |
15.1 (42) |
33.3 (31) |
< 0.001 |
12.9 (21) |
27.6 (24) |
0.004 |
| Source of stressor – employment |
26.2 (73) |
38.7 (36) |
0.021 |
17.8 (29) |
34.5 (30) |
0.003 |
| Source of stressor – education |
5.4 (15) |
9.7 (9) |
0.144 |
3.7 (6) |
10.3 (9) |
0.035 |
| Source of stressor –health |
20.8 (58) |
39.8 (37) |
< 0.001 |
17.2 (28) |
39.1 (34) |
< 0.001 |
| Requesting a caesarean section |
1.1 (3) |
3.2 (3) |
0.154 |
9.2 (15) |
19.3 (17) |
0.022 |
| Requesting a caesarean section, excluding women with a previous caesarean section |
1.1 (3) |
3.2 (3) |
0.154 |
1.6 (2) |
1.8 (1) |
0.950 |
| Expecting obstetric interventions, excluding women with a previous caesarean section | 13.7 (38) | 19.6 (18) | 0.181 | 9.8 (12) | 17.9 (10) | 0.144 |