Table 1. Demographic and obstetric characteristics of participants. *Values in parenthesis are percents.
| Characteristics | Intervention M (SD) or No (%) |
Control M (SD) or No (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship with spouse | Relative Strange |
(48.9 %)22 (51.1 %)23 |
(35.5 %)16 (64.4 %)29 |
0.439 |
| Status of education | Primary school High school Graduate |
(8.9 %)4 (46.7 %)21 (44.4 %)20 |
(8.9 %)4 (48.9 %)22 (42.2 %)19 |
1.000 |
| Status of husband’s education | Primary school High school Graduate |
(13.3 %)6 (48.9%)22 (37.8 %)17 |
(6.7%)3 (42.2 %)19 (51.1 %)23 |
0.463 |
| occupation | housewife Employed |
(80 %)36 (20 %)9 |
(86.7 %)39 (13.3 %)6 |
0.396 |
| Mode of delivery | cesarean section vaginal delivery |
(40 %)18 (60 %)27 |
(48.9 %)22 (51.1 %)23 |
0.396 |
| Age (years) | 24.93 (3.10) | 23.44(2.64) | 0.705 | |
| frequency of intercourse in postpartum period (week) | 1.24(0.75) | 1.40(1.29) | 0.920 | |
| Timing resumption of intercourse (week) | 7.09(2.61) | 6.56(1.58) | 0.561 | |
| Timing after childbirth (month) | 3.56(1.58) | 3.56(1.80) | 0.861 | |
| Postpartum Depression (Edinberg) | 24.53(4.10) | 25.53(3.18) | 0.200 | |
| Sexual satisfaction (Larson) | 11.53(84.76) | 10.70(86.93) | 0.480 | |