Table 3.
Delivery preference of participants and reasons for requesting elective caesarean section.
| Patients preferring caesarean section for their current pregnancy | Patients preferring vaginal delivery for their current pregnancy | |
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| n, % | n, % | |
| The patients with FOC in group 1 (n = 69) | 8*, 11.5 | 61*, 88.4 |
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| The patients with FOC in group 2 (n = 76) | 70, 92 | 6, 7.8 |
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| The patients without FOC in group 1 (n = 455) | 55**, 12 | 400*, 87.9 |
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| The patients without FOC in group 2 (n = 300) | 100, 33.3 | 200, 66.6 |
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| Causes for preferring caesarean section (n = 233) | (i) Fear of pain caused by uterine contractions (n = 155, 66.5%) | |
| (ii) Control request delivery time (n = 50, 21.4%) | ||
| (iii) Fear of perineal tear (n = 19, 8.1%) | ||
| (iv) Request of tubal ligation (n = 9, 3.8%) | ||
Group 1: participants with knowledge about painless childbirth, group 2: participants who do not have knowledge about painless childbirth. * P < 0.0001, compared to the patients with FOC in group 2; ** P < 0.001, compared to the patients without FOC in group 2.