Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the labor-associated anxiety level, stratified with regards to the depression level and analysis of variance estimating the influence of depression on the level of labor-associated anxiety in the studied groups of women.
| Dimensions of labor-associated anxiety | Mild depression | Severe depression | Group | Depression | Group* depression | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After delivery | High-risk pregnancy | After delivery | High-risk pregnancy | ||||||||||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | F (1;132) | p | Eta2 | F (1;132) | P | Eta2 | F (1;132) | P | Eta2 | |
| Anxiety associated with the course of labor | 13.38 | 4.976 | 14.21 | 5.319 | 14.61 | 4.699 | 15.72 | 4.803 | 1.276 | .261 | .010 | 2.536 | .114 | .019 | .028 | .868 | .001 |
| Concern for the child’s health and life | 5.47 | 3.253 | 4.09 | 2.701 | 6.79 | 3.024 | 5.59 | 3.521 | 5.654* | .019 | .042 | 6.729* | .011 | .050 | .027 | .871 | .001 |
| Anxiety associated with the maternal role performance | 3.34 | 2.99 | 2.65 | 2.521 | 7.11 | 4.826 | 5.03 | 4.633 | 4.172* | .043 | .031 | 20.598* | <.001 | .138 | 1.029 | .312 | .008 |
| Anxiety associated with the postnatal period | 5.16 | 2.76 | 5.09 | 3.297 | 6.79 | 3.55 | 6.79 | 3.499 | .003 | .955 | .000 | 8.429* | .004 | .061 | .004 | .950 | .001 |
| Concern for one’s own health and life | 6.56 | 2.526 | 5.97 | 2.758 | 7.42 | 3.477 | 7.86 | 4.024 | .018 | .894 | .000 | 5.952* | .016 | .044 | .840 | .361 | .006 |
| Fear of losing control during labor | 9.44 | 3.654 | 9.18 | 5.012 | 11.13 | 4.088 | 10.41 | 5.2 | .389 | .534 | .003 | 3.486a | .064 | .026 | .085 | .772 | .001 |
a
<0.10;
*
p<0.05.